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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 ...
Family Migration 2023

Family migration

Family is a major driver of migration. Family migration is the term used to categorize the migration of people who migrate due to new or established family ties, and it encompasses several sub-categories: reunific...
Labour migration

Labour migration

According to the latest available estimates, there were  169 million international migrant workers globally in 2019 and they constituted 4.9 per cent of the global labour force (...

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Standard Questions on International Migration

Guidance note prepared by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) under the guidance of the Expert Group on Migration Statistics for the use in population ...
Assessing the Use of Call Detail Records (CDR) for Monitoring Mobility and Displacement

Assessing the Use of Call Detail Records (CDR) for Monitoring Mobility and Displacement

This report, jointly produced by Princeton University and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), provides an overview of the opportunities, limitations, and risks of using call detail record (CDR) dat...
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The Need to Capitalize on the 2020 Census Round for Migration Analysis

This technical brief from UNFPA encourages upcoming census rounds to include core questions on country of birth, country of citizenship, duration of stay, and reason for migration, in addition to advocating for th...
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IOM Ireland Rapid Policy Survey Report:The Irish Government’s Policy Response to COVID-19 from a Migration Governance Lens March 2020 – August 2020

IOM Ireland carried out a rapid policy survey in May 2020 in partnership with Ireland’s Department of Justice and Equality, with the objective of gaining a comprehensive view of policy measures taken by Ireland in...

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Migration Data in Asia and the Pacific - Launch Event

Introducing IOM’s Asia-Pacific Regional Data Hub (RDH), key findings from a new Regional Secondary Data Review (RSDR) and new sub-regional migration data overviews. The event was held online on Monday, 10 May 2...
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One year later, none the wiser: Seasonal migrant workers still left behind during COVID-19

One thing the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated is the crucial role of seasonal migrant workers in global food supply systems. At the start of the agricultural season in 2020, countries heavily reliant on...

5 Key Global Trends on COVID-19 and Migration

More than a year after the emergence of COVID-19, we look at five ways the pandemic has affected migrants around the world. 

Are migrants left behind? How COVID-19 hinders better migration data

Migrants worldwide play an important role in sectors vital to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic but are also exposed to higher risks of contracting the virus. Collecting, analyzing and using data on migrants has be...

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Quantifying international human mobility patterns using Facebook network data

This study investigates the feasibility of using non-traditional data sources to fill existing gaps in migration statistics
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Using Facebook data to predict hate crimes against refugees in Germany

This project analysed data from the Facebook page of the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) to predict incidents of hate crime against refugees in German municipalities
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Returning home? Identifying key factors weighing on Syrian refugees choosing (not) to return to Syria with using machine learning

Using machine learning techniques to identify key factors in refugees’ decision process of voluntarily returning to Syria
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Yahoo! log-in information: An innovative data source used to map global migration movements

Mapping global migration movements by analysing geolocated log-in data of Yahoo!’s web services

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Migration in West & North Africa and across the Mediterranean

Public debates surrounding migration in West and North Africa often are driven by misconception and partial representations of a complex reality. A new volume by IOM GMDAC provides a more nuanced view.http:/...
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Addressing EU migration data challenges: What innovative data and collaboration offer

IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre and the Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre organized a webinar on "Addressing EU migration data challenges: ...
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Launch of the French version of the Global Migration Data Portal

The French Version of the Global Migration Data Portal was officially launched with a webinar this month featuring the '5 best uses of the Migration Data Portal'. Similar webinars have taken place in English and S...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Data on migrant children

Danzhen You, Senior Adviser on Statistics and Monitoring at UNICEF, shares her views on data on migrant and displaced children.
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Unaccompanied migrant children

Unaccompanied or separated children arriving in four European countries (age, 2020)

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IOM’s Missing Migrants Project

Data on deaths of migrants compiled by IOM´s Global Migration Data Analysis Center All numbers are estimates. Arrivals based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices.

Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration and Assisted Voluntary Humanitarian Returns

Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) and Assisted Voluntary Humanitarian Return in 2021

Source: IOM 2022  Note: Unless specified otherwise, the data presented in the following graphs include two types of assisted returns: assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) and voluntary humani...

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