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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...

Migration data relevant for the COVID-19 pandemic

Migrants – particularly in lower paid jobs and in irregular situations – may be both more affected by and vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19, but migrants also play an important role in the response to COVID-19 ...
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International migration flows

Migration flows data capture the number of migrants entering and leaving (inflow and outflow) a country over the course of a specific period, such as one year (UN SD, 2017). Data on migration flows are essential f...
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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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Global Migration Indicators (2021)

The 2021 Global Migration Indicators report summarizes 20 recent migration trends based on periodically updated data on the Global Migration Data Portal and is a snapshot of international data across a r...
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Migration Governance Indicators Data and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: A Baseline Report

This document analyses global, regional and thematic trends that emerge from MGI data in relation to the general commitment and the range of associated actions for each of the 23 Global Compact for Migration objec...
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Primero Project (A digital public good for social services)

The Primero project began in 2013 as the result of many years of inter-agency collaboration. Its goal is to bring more coherent, cost effective, and user friendly information management tools to the Soci...
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Migration, Environment, Disaster and Climate Change Data in the Eastern Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda Country Analysis

The reports entitled Migration, Environment, Disaster and Climate Change Data in the Eastern Caribbean are based on a regional study assessing the national and regional data systems on migration, environment, disa...

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Five key recommendations for improving data on missing migrants

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How Blockchain can benefit migration programmes and migrants

Advances in technology often drive changes in how data and information are collected, used and managed. The advent of Blockchain technology, in particular, has impacted various fields; in the field of migration an...
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10 of the coolest visualizations of migration data

The increasingly complex landscape of international migration data requires visual tools that explain migration issues and trends in an easy-to-understand way. Jasper Tjaden, Data and Survey Officer...
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Leaving no one behind — Disaggregating census data by migration status through IPUMS

The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda calls for United Nations (UN) Member States to “leave no one behind” as they work toward meeting targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To ensure that migrants...

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Videos

TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Data and the Global Compact for Migration (GCM)

Gregory Maniatis, Program Director at Open Society Foundations, shares his views on data and the negotiations for a global compact for migration. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this video are th...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Using big data to understand migration (Part 3)

Alessandro Sorichetta, principal Research Fellow at the WorldPop Programme, shares his views on the use of big data to understand migration. This interview took place during the workshop "Big Data and alternative ...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Migration Data in West Africa: How much do we know?

Aderanti Adepoju, founder and coordinator at the Network of Migration Research on Africa, shares his views on the lack of migration data in Africa. This interview took place during first International Forum on Mig...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Migration Data and the SDGs

Claire Melamed, Executive Director of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data shares her views on migration data and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This interview took place during first...
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