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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...
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Diasporas

Diasporas, sometimes referred to as expatriates or transnational communities, play an important role in leveraging migration’s benefits for development. Measuring issues relating to diaspora groups is challenging,...
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The G20 and migration

The G20 countries are at the centre of not only global economic governance but also global migration governance. They play a leading role as their policy responses to migration challenges and opportunities affect ...
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Irregular migration

Reliable statistics on stocks or flows of irregular migrants, the well-being of migrants in irregular situations, or the extent to which they have access to services such as health an...
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Quantifying Global International Migration Flows

This article presents an innovative methodology for estimating migration flows based on changes in international migrant stocks. Also innovative are the use of circular plots to visualise these phenomena. Using th...
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Movements of international migrants in 2015

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Children as a percentage of migrant stocks by, 1990-2015

Quelle: UN DESA, 2017. International migrant stock by age and sex. Aufgerufen am 14. Februar 2018.
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Irregular migration

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Gender and migration

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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. 
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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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Data Responsibility

Ensuring data responsibility within the Humanitarian sector

As humanitarians collect more data to inform their operations, it is increasingly within their moral, ethical and legal obligations to ensure they put the necessary data handling safeguards in place.  Data Re...
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Key COVID-19 migration trends

One year ago, on 11 March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic! How has the pandemic affected international mobility?
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Venezuela emigration

5 key data visualizations on COVID-19's impact on Venezuelan refugees and migrants

As of 5 February 2021, there were approximately 5.48 million refugees and migrants from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the world  (R4V, 2021) Most of them (around 80 %) reside in countries in Latin A...
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Estimating irregular migration in the Russian Federation

Olga Chudinovskin, Professor at the Moscow State University, explains how her research tries to estimate irregular migration in the Russian Federation.
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Data on the mobility of Chinese students

Xiaoxiao Chen, Researcher at the Center for China and Globalization explains what data exist on the mobility of Chinese students.
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What is needed for effective SDG monitoring?

Marcela Cerutti, Researcher at the Centre for Population Studies (CENEP) explains what is needed in order to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) effectively.  
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Measuring migration with big data and innovative data sources

Emilio Zagheni, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, explains how big data and innovative data sources can contribute to measuring migration.  
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Addressing migrants´ vulnerability will be key to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted two important aspects of migration in West and North Africa and across the Mediterranean. The first is that many migrants from these regions face specific vulnerabilities duri...
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Immigration & emigration statistics

Estimating irregular migration in the Russian Federation
The Global Migration Data Analysis Centre | 18 Feb 2021

Immigration & emigration statistics

Estimating migration flows with administrative data in the Asia Pacific
The Global Migration Data Analysis Centre | 15 Dec 2020

Immigration & emigration statistics

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Reaching Italy by sea: changing profiles and vulnerabilities since 2016
Laura Bartolini and Ivona Zakoska Todorovska | 20 Oct 2020

Resources

Africa Migration Report
Africa Migration Report: Challenging the Narrative
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