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Child and young migrants

Collecting and disaggregating migration data by age is essential for analysing the age dynamics of migrant populations. Child and young migrants are at risk of abuse, trafficking and exploitation, especially if th...
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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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Human trafficking

The crime of human trafficking is complex and dynamic, taking place in a wide variety of contexts and difficult to detect. One of the greatest challenges in developing targeted counter-trafficking responses and me...
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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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Tools

Diaspora Handbook

Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development

A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries This handbook attempts to address the pivotal question of how diaspora contributions can benefit their countries of origin and what gover...
GFMD Migration Profiles

GFMD Migration Profiles Repository

Migration Profiles are defined as frameworks for aggregating, in a structured and systematic manner, existing data and information on migration and development and other related policy fields. This GFMD's Migra...
UN Women

Gender on the Move: Working on the Migration-Development Nexus from a Gender Perspective

This training manual aims to build the gender analysis capacity of those working in the field of migration and development to bring about a model of development that is centered on people, human rights, and on the...
Technical paper

Technical paper: Development, validation and testing of a methodology for SDG indicator 10.7.2 on migration policies

This paper presents an overview of the development of a methodology for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 10.7.2 on the number of countries with migration policies to facilitate orderly, safe, regular a...

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SDG-0

Migration Data for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Migration in the SDGs The SDGs’ central reference to migration is made in target 10.7 to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementa...

SDG 1: END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE

Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: Target 1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than USD 1.25 a day Star Star Star Indic...

SDG 3: Good health and well-being

Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: Target 3.1 By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births Star Star Star Indicator: 3.1.1 Maternal mortality rat...

SDG 4: QUALITY EDUCATION

Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: Target 4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learni...

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Irregular migrant workers in the EU and the US

Irregular, unauthorized, or undocumented workers are persons who are employed without legal authorization to work. No one knows exactly how many irregular foreigners and workers are in European Union (EU) Member S...
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Leaving no one behind — Disaggregating census data by migration status through IPUMS

The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda calls for United Nations (UN) Member States to “leave no one behind” as they work toward meeting targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To ensure that migrants...
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INTRODUCING "DATA BULLETIN: INFORMING A GLOBAL COMPACT FOR MIGRATION"

"Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration", launched by IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), aims to summarize in an accurate and accessible fashion the existing evidence on migratio...
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Estimates of unauthorized immigrants in the United States: What lessons for other countries?

This blog post is based on the edited transcript from Jeffrey Passel's GMDAC video interview. Jeffrey Passel, Senior Demographer at the Pew Research Center, explains how the Center makes estimates of unauthor...

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Videos

TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Irregular migrants and access to basic services

Michelle Levoy, Director of the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), talks to us about undocumented migrants and their access to basic social services.
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Irregular migrants in vulnerable situations and access to basic services

Nando Sigona, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham, talks to us about the extent to which irregular migrants in vulnerable situations ...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Remittances and the G20

Dilip Ratha, Manager of Migration and Remittances Unit and Head of KNOMAD at the World Bank, talks to GMDAC about the importance of remittances in the G20 countries.
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Migration Data in West Africa: How could they be improved?

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About the Migration Governance Indicators

In 2015, IOM developed a Migration Governance Framework (MiGOF) to help define what “well-managed migration policy” might look like at the national level. The MiGOF was welcomed by IOM’s Member States the sam...

Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Kazakhstan

This country profile describes the well-developed areas of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s (hereafter Kazakhstan) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated by the ...

Migration Governance Profile: Portuguese Republic

This country profile describes well-developed areas and areas with potential for further development in the Portuguese Republic’s (hereafter Portugal) migration governance structures, as evaluated by the six domai...

Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Ghana

This country profile describes the well-developed areas of the Republic of Ghana’s (hereafter Ghana) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated by the six domain...

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Global Compact for Migration (GCM)

In the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), UN Member States agree on common goals in managing international migration in all its dimensions. The non-binding GCM encompasses 23 objectives ...

Data Bulletin 1: Informing a GCM - Global Migration Trends

This inaugural issue of the Data Bulletin provides a brief overview of key global migration trends, based on available...

Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration (GCM)

About the Data Bulletin Series "Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration", launched by IOM’s Global...

Data Bulletin 2: More Than Numbers: The value of migration data

This issue highlights that, while migration data are gaining traction on the international development agenda, as both...

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