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Migrant rights

Under international law, migrants have rights by virtue of their humanity. International human rights instruments, or treaties and documents such as declarations, are of general application and therefore apply to ...
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development consists of a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. Migration is specifically referenced in seven of the SDGs and is also a cross-cut...
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Public opinion on migration

Surveys of public opinion on migration are common in many countries. Typically, these polls tend to ask questions about the population’s general views on immigration and immigrants. Public opinion on migration can...
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Gender and migration

The motives and consequences of human mobility are shaped by various factors such as customary rules based on gender expectations, ethnicity, race, age and class. Among these, it can be argued that gender has the ...
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International Migration Statistics: Guidelines for Improving Data Collection Systems

Since its creation in 1919, the ILO has devoted attention to international migration issues, including the availability and quality of international migration statistics. These guidelines aim to establish&nbs...
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Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration (GCM)

Launched by IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), the GCM Data Bulletins aim to summarize in an accurate and accessible fashion the existing evidence on migration to support the discussions and any ...
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Migration and the 2030 Agenda: A Guide for Practitioners

A new guide from IOM for government actors involved in implementing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as they relate to migration. The guide aims to help policymakers integrate migratio...
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Taking stock of refugee resettlement: Policy objectives, practical tradeoffs, and the evidence base

This report maps out the primary questions governments face regarding the goals, design, and implementation of resettlement policies and programmes. It also identifies areas with potential for further researc...
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Pacific Islands

How Climate Change Affects the Pacific

The crystal blue ocean of the Pacific Islands regularly attracts tourists from across the globe, but for millions of islanders who call the Pacific home, the ocean is more than a dream vacation spot. It’s central ...
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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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Domestic worker

Can data help improve migrant domestic workers' lives?

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are an estimated 11.5 million migrant domestic workers (MDWs) around the world, approximately 8.5 million of whom are female. MDWs are international ...
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Climate Change

Let’s talk about climate migrants, not climate refugees

The impacts of climate change, such as drought or sea-level rise, could push an increasing number of people to leave their homes in the future. Should we call these migrants "climate refugees" and what are the imp...
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Health assessments of refugees: What can the data tell us?

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Improving data on migration in Africa: Expert voices

For 17 per cent of countries in Africa, the most recent data available from censuses referred to years prior to 2005. Only four in ten countries in Africa can provide data on the age of international migrants. ...
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Zipline or trap? How the gig economy may affect immigrant integration

Globalisation, technological advances, and shifting norms and values are reshaping the way we work. One of the biggest trends in the past decade has been the rise of the “gig” or “platform” economy: casual, task-b...
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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...
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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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Gender and migration

The motives and consequences of human mobility are shaped by various factors such as customary rules based on gender expectations, ethnicity, race, age and class. Among these, it can be argued that gender has the ...
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Latest Blog posts

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Pacific Islands
How Climate Change Affects the Pacific
Sabira Coelho | 19 Sep 2019
Migration policy
Migration and dual citizenship (data for 2016)
Citizenship and migration

Migration & vulnerability

Domestic worker
Can data help improve migrant domestic workers' lives?
Elisa Mosler Vidal | 3 Sep 2019

Types of migration

Climate Change
Let’s talk about climate migrants, not climate refugees
Dina Ionesco | 26 Jun 2019
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