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International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS 2023)

It's official! The 3rd International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS) will be hosted by the UN Economic Commission...

What is the Migration Data Portal?

ABOUT The Portal is a unique access point to timely, comprehensive migration statistics and reliable information about...

Frequently asked Questions (FAQs)

What are the Portal's main objectives? The Portal aims to serve the migration community by making sense of migration...

About IOM data

Through a large footprint of offices worldwide, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) collects and reports...

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Thematic Page

International students

The numbers of internationally mobile students are increasing and destinations diversifying. “Internationally mobile students” typically are issued a student visa or permit to pursue a tertiary (or higher) degree ...
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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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...

Forced migration or displacement

In studying forced or involuntary migration a distinction is often made between conflict-induced and disaster-induced displacement. Displacement induced by conflict is typically referred to as ...

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Resource

Impacts of displacement: Displacement linked to sea level rise on Plantain Island, Sierra Leone

Impacts of displacement: Displacement linked to sea level rise on Plantain Island, Sierra Leone

Plantain Island, which hosts a fishing community of around 5,800 people, has been losing homes and land to the sea for several decades. Many of those who lost their homes left the island, seeking refuge in other c...
Measuring International Labour Mobility

Measuring International Labour Mobility

The world is becoming more interconnected, with an acceleration in the movement of information, capital, goods, services and people across international borders. As it becomes easier to travel and work in other co...
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Toolkit on International Migration

Provides an overview of basic definitions, concepts and sources for statistics on international migration, a summary of key messages, a quick guide to migration data and suggestions for further reading. This docum...
Recommendations on statistics of international migration, revision 1 (1998)

Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration, Revision 1

The most recent official recommendations from the United Nations for measuring international migration. The publication includes recommendations on generating statistics of international migrant flows and on the m...

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SDGs

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SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION

What do we know? Source: IOM, 2024. Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: Indicators below are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers          &nb...

SDG 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

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 th...

SDG 15: LIFE ON LAND

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

SDG 17: PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

What do we know? Source: IOM, 2024.   Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:   Indicators below are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers       ...

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Blog

We have recommendations, now to implementation: The work of the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics

Recommendations for official statistics are important. They exist for censuses, civil registration and vital statistics, energy and many other thematic and substantive areas. The new recommendations for refugee an...

5 recommendations to improve data for safe, orderly and regular migration

It is widely acknowledged that there is a paucity of basic data on international migration and that existing data are not fully utilized or shared. On many occasions, the UN General Assembly has called for reliabl...
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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...
Germany remained top destination for EU migrants in 2020

Germany remained top destination for EU migrants in 2020

Despite an estimated 15 percent decrease in permanent migration flows from European Union (EU) countries, Germany remained the main destination country for migrants from the EU in 2020, according to OECD's recentl...

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DID Profile

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An interactive tool to map the world’s internally displaced populations supported by satellite imagery

Monitoring internal displacement worldwide in an interactive tool, supported by satellite imagery
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Nowcasting internal migration movements by using an AI-enabled news analyses tool

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Mapping internal migration of Malaria endemic countries globally by using public micro census data

With using public micro census data, this innovative research project mapped internal migration patterns of Malaria endemic countries to help shape public health response measurements
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The “Space-set Project”: A systematic approach to mapping personal experiences of movements across borders

Mapping personal experiences of movements across borders with systematically gathered and analysed survey data

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Videos

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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The importance of telling the human story behind the data

Catherine Gicheru is an International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Knight Fellow. In this video she explains how we can use data to tell the human story of migration.  
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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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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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Migration Governance Profiles

Deuxième profil de gouvernance de la migration : République du Mali (2021)

Ce profil décrit les points forts et les aspects à développer des structures de gouvernance des migrations du Mali, sur la base des six domaines du cadre de gouvernance des migrations (MiGOF). Ceux-ci traitent des...

Profil de Gouvernance de la Migration: Ville de Montréal

Ce profil décrit les points forts et les aspects à développer des structures de gouvernance des migrations de la Ville de Montréal, sur la base des six domaines du cadre de gouvernance des migrations (MiGOF). Ceux...

Migration Governance Profile: The Republic of Tajikistan

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

Profil de gouvernance de la migration : Province du Lac (Tchad)

Ce profil décrit les points forts et les aspects à développer des structures de gouvernance des migrations de la Province du Lac (Tchad), sur la base des six domaines du cadre de gouvernance des migrations (MiGOF)...

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Regional Page

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Migration data in Northern Africa

The six countries in Northern AfricaAs defined by the UN Statistics Division – Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia – have historically been and remain significant countries of migrant destination, tr...
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Migration data in Central Asia

Historically known for being part of the Silk Road trade route which facilitated the movement of goods and people between Europe and Asia, Central Asia had an estimated population of 75.9 million people as of mid-...
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Human mobility data in Eastern Asia

Human mobility in Eastern Asia has played a significant role in shaping the subregion’s socioeconomic history and remains a significant subregion of origin and destination. As of mid-year 2020, there were an estim...
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Migration Data in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Migration to and from countries in Southern Africa1 is driven largely by the pursuit of economic opportunities, political instability and increasingly, environmental hazards. In a region with an estimated populati...

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