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International Migrant Stocks, Mid-Year 2020

International migrant stocks

International migrant stocks are estimates of "the total number of international migrants present in a given country at a particular point in time" (UN SD, 2017: 9). United Nations (UN) data on these sto...
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Migrant recruitment costs

Most low-skilled labour migrants pay fees to obtain contracts and complete recruitment formalities. This is against international conventions and many countries’ national laws that require employers to pay all of ...
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development consists of a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. Migration is specifically referenced in seven of the SDGs and is also a cross-cut...
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Migration data sources

The demands for migration data arising from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development have prompted the international statistical community to review the use of traditional sources for migration data, such as po...

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A Region on the Move 2021: East and Horn of Africa

A Region on the Move report series for the East and Horn of Africa has been the regional flagship publication since 2017. Over the years, the report series have illustrated the main humanitarian situations, with a...
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IOM Global Data Institute Thematic Brief #1: Evidence Summary on Climate Change and the Future of Human Mobility

In the past decade, an estimated 21.6 million people annually were internally displaced by climate-related hazards worldwide (IDMC, 2022). Climate change is increasing these hazards across many parts of the world....
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People on the Move in a Changing Climate – Linking Policy, Evidence and Action

An extensive array of international agreements and frameworks attest to the urgency of addressing climate change and human mobility together, as climate change, environmental degradation and disasters reshape cont...
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Accurate, timely, interoperable? Data management in the asylum procedure in Austria

The study focuses on the types of data that are collected on asylum seekers in Austria, from the moment when an application is lodged and until a first-instance decision is issued, and how the data are managed. Re...

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SDGs

SDG 6: CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION

What do we know? Source: Migration for Sustainable Development, 2023 Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: All indicators below are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers     ...

SDG 7: AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

What do we know? Source: Migration for Sustainable Development (M4D NET), 2023 Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: All indicators are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers   &nb...

SDG 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

What do we know? Source: Migration for Sustainable Development (M4D NET), 2023 Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: To facilitate the implementation of the global indicator framework, all in...

SDG 12: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

What do we know?   Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: All indicators below are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers               ...

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Data collaboratives in West Africa

What data to inform migration policies in Africa and Europe?

Public and policy attention to migration from Africa has been on the rise in Europe, particularly since 2015. This has been accompanied by greater efforts to improve migration data and evidence, with the frequentl...
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Towards the finish line: What data tells us about migrants’ needs and contributions to the SDGs

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been a beacon of hope since their adoption in 2015. They help monitor progress towards a more equitable and sustainable world by 2030. However, as we re...
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Disaggregating SDG Data by Migration Status: The Swiss experience

The Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) currently collects data disaggregated by migration status for eight SDG goals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 16. 
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Disaggregating SDG Data by Migration Status: The South African experience

Country reporting for the SDGs in South Africa is coordinated by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) through the South Africa National Statistics System (SANSS), in consultation with other government departments, t...

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Cécile Riallant | Leveraging Human Mobility to Rescue the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda

Take a listen to Cécile Riallant, Head of the Migration and Sustainable Development Division at IOM, for an overview of the report Leveraging Human Mobility to Rescue the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda and its supp...
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6 Years of the Migration Data Portal

6 Years of the Migration Data Portal: Celebrate with us! Watch the anniversary remarks by Koko Warner, Director at IOM's Global Data Institute (GDI).  
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The Portal gets an upgrade: A new dashboard!

On 15 June, the Global Migration Data Portal unveiled its new dashboard featuring a series of tools to help policy makers, national statistics officers, journalists and the general public gain access to the latest...
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Migration data in times of COVID-19: Trends and policy implications in Africa

The African Union Institute for Statistics (STATAFRIC) and IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) organized a webinar on "Migration data in times of COVID-19: Trends and policy implications in Africa"...
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Migration Governance Profiles

Perfil de Gobernanza de la Migración: Distrito de La Chorrera

En esta instantánea, se ofrecen ejemplos de ámbitos bien desarrollados en las estructuras de gobernanza de la migración del Distrito de La Chorrera (en adelante, La Chorrera), así como de otros ámbitos con potenci...

Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Malawi

This country Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the Republic of Malawi  (hereafter referred to as Malawi) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, a...

Migration Governance Profile: Mexico City

This Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of Mexico City (Mexico) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated through the six domains of the Migrati...

Perfil de Gobernanza de la Migración: Ciudad de México

En esta instantánea, se ofrecen ejemplos de ámbitos bien desarrollados en las estructuras de gobernanza de la migración de la Ciudad de México, así como de otros ámbitos con potencial para desarrollo adicional, se...

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Regional Page

Migration data in Western Africa

Western Africa1 has long been characterized by high levels of mobility, a trend that far predates the current configuration of borders established during the colonial era.  An estimated 7.6 million internatio...

Migration data in Middle Africa

The nine countries that make up Middle Africa1– Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guin...

Migration data in Western Asia

Mobility in Western Asia1 has deep historical roots, and it has also witnessed a lot of voluntary and forced migratory movements in the past century. The economic and political diversity in the sub-region have led...

Migration data in South-eastern Asia

South-eastern Asia has, since historic times, been defined by large-scale population movements. Stretching over 11 countries – Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia...

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