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Urbanization and migration

Migration, whether internal or international, has always been one of the forces driving the growth of urbanization and bringing opportunities and challenges to cities, migrants and governments. Increasingly, ...
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Migration and dual citizenship (data for 2016)

Citizenship and migration

Citizenship is a core feature of the international state system. Through laws on citizenship and electoral rights, states determine who belongs to the people in whose name they govern and for whom they assume resp...
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Migrant workers

Seasonal migration and COVID-19: undercounted, undervalued and underprotected

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the reliance of many economies and public services on migrant labour. Foreign-born doctors, nurses and other health-care personnel make vital contributions to health systems, inc...
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5 UN resources for adapting migration data collection in times of COVID-19

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Venezuela emigration

Regional migration governance in South America: How large-scale Venezuelan emigration puts it to the test

In the South American region, governments have made consistent advancements to facilitate regular migration and immigrants’ integration through a series of agreements that favor access to residency and social righ...
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IMPIC: A new and more comprehensive way to measure immigration policies

An increased need for effective migration governance has fueled an interest in building indices to measure and compare countries’ immigration policies. So far, there is no index that allows researchers to systemat...
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Migration and dual citizenship (data for 2016)

Migration and dual citizenship (2016)

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Migration data and the shift to cities

Ronald Skeldon, Professor at the Universities of Sussex and Maastricht explains the state of migration data and the shift to cities.  
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Estimating migration flows with administrative data in the Asia Pacific

James Raymer, Professor at the Australian National University, explains how a project uses administrative data to estimate migration flows in the Asia Pacific region.
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External voting in North and West Africa

Thibaut Jaulin, Scientific Coordinator at the Migration Policy Center (MPC) discusses external voting in North and West Africa.
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Migration and Data Protection

Data protection in the migration context has become increasingly relevant given the growing need for more reliable statistics, comprehensive and timely data, and the emergence of new technologies. The incidences o...
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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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Migration and Development in West Africa

Dr. Mary Boatemaa Setrana, University of Ghana and University of Johannesburg, explains the linkages between migration and development in the West African sub-region.  
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Free movement policies and border controls in West and North Africa and Europe

Most States in West and North Africa and in Europe are part of free movement areas. However, national borders within regions and at the external borders of regional organisations remain important. The ch...
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Using Big Data to identify migration drivers

Teddy Wilkin, Head of Sector and Constantinos Melachrinos, Research Officer at EASO explain how big data can be used to identify migration drivers along the Central Mediterranean Route.
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The need for a fact-based dialogue on migration

John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division at UN DESA explains why there is a need for a fact-based dialogue on migration.
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Reaching Italy by sea: changing profiles and vulnerabilities since 2016

This article is based on the authors' chapter “Vulnerability to exploitation and abuse along the Mediterranean migration routes to Italy”, in the edited volume "Migration in West and North Africa and across t...
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Migration policy

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Free movement policies and border controls in West and North Africa and Europe
Irene Schöfberger | 20 Nov 2020

Immigration & emigration statistics

The need for a fact-based dialogue on migration
John Wilmoth | 5 Nov 2020

Immigration & emigration statistics

How to communicate migration data effectively
Dessislava Choumelova | 8 Oct 2020

Migration & vulnerability

Migrant workers
Seasonal migration and COVID-19: undercounted, undervalued and underprotected
Karoline Popp | 11 Aug 2020
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