Measuring International Migration: Concepts and Methods

Report of the UN Expert Group meeting.

This report synthesizes the principal findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Expert Group. The main objectives of the meeting were to: (i) evaluate the policy requirements for international migration statistics and the challenges facing national statistical systems; (ii) review national practices for compiling migration statistics; (iii) identify difficulties related to the recommended concepts and definitions; and (iv) develop a plan to improve international migration statistics.