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Mixed migration

Mixed migration is a relatively new term – in wider usage in the last decade – which seeks to capture the intertwined and multifaceted drivers of movement of&...
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Migration drivers

Human migration is a global phenomenon. In 2020, about 281 million international migrants and hundreds of millions of internal migrants have changed their place of residence any time in the past (UNDESA, 2021). Bu...

Big data, migration and human mobility

The term "big data" includes anonymized data that are generated by users of mobile devices, internet-based platforms, or by digital sensors and meters, for example, satellite imagery. With about 5.16 billion uniqu...
Missing Migrants: Causes of deaths and disappearances during transit worldwide, by region, 2014 - 2023

Migrant deaths and disappearances

Since 2014, more than 4,000 fatalities have been recorded annually on migratory routes worldwide. 2023 marked the deadliest year with more than 8,000 deaths recorded, marking a decade of documenting migrant deaths...

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Metholodologies for the Estimation of Stocks of Irregular Migrants

This paper discusses how to measure these 'hard to reach' populations, either directly or indirectly. Although it is impossible to get an entirely accurate number of undocumented migrants, Jandl offers a number of...
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Data and Analysis: Partnering to better understand and address the human development aspects of migration

This paper briefly reviews the contributions of members of the Global Migration Group (GMG)1 to the improvement of migration data and to policy-relevant migration research, discusses the obstacles that still ...
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Migration and Remittances Household Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa: Methodological Aspects and Main Findings

The report lets readers look at the sources, content, methodology, fieldwork practices, and data processing used to complete a World Bank household survey accessing the importance of remittances in eleven Subsahar...
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Enhancing Data on Migration in West and Central Africa

This publication is meant to address the current problems and insufficiencies plaguing statistics in West and Central Africa, touching on common problems that inhibit adequate data collected from censuses as well ...

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SDGs

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               ...

SDG 14: LIFE BELOW WATER

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

SDG 8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

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

SDG 5: GENDER EQUALITY

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

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5-Years of the Migration Data Portal

Time flies! We are celebrating five years of the Global Migration Data Portal. With migration data being scattered between various institutions and countries, the Portal was set up on 15 Decemb...
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Women are often more affected by climate change

Women are often more affected by climate change, especially when it comes to migration and displacement.
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Four reasons why we need gender mainstreaming in migration data

Migration data disaggregation by sex is necessary but also not sufficient in understanding the lived experiences of migrants with diverse genders. Gender identities as the usual conflation of sex and gender narrow...
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Immigration policies and the rise of digital nomads

More countries may adjust their immigration policies to factor in the rise of digital nomads.  

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Migration Governance Profiles

Perfil de Gobernanza de la Migración: Durango

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

Migration Governance Second Profile: The Republic of Kenya

This country Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the Republic of Kenya governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated through the six domains of the Migratio...

Migration Governance Profile: Municipality of Coto Brus

This Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of Municipality of Coto Brus (Costa Rica) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated through the six doma...

Perfil de Gobernanza de la Migración: Municipalidad de Coto Brus

En esta instantánea, se ofrecen ejemplos de ámbitos bien desarrollados en las estructuras de gobernanza de la migración de la municipalidad de Coto Brus, así como de otros ámbitos con potencial para desarrollo adi...

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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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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 Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa has historically been part of global migration and trade networks and continues to play an important role in both. The geographic sub-region1spans a total of 18 countries, ranging from Burundi, Rwan...

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