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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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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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There are two main forms of return migration: voluntary return and forced return. Data on forced return are usually collected by national and international statistical offices, border protectio...
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Toolkit on International Migration
Provides an overview of basic definitions, concepts and sources for statistics on international migration, a summary of key messages, a quick guide to migration data and suggestions for further reading. This docum...
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International Migration Statistics: Meeting the International Recommendations
This training toolkit, developed by Ann Singleton (University of Bristol/GMDAC/IOM) for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), focuses on improving data collection in countries...
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Measuring International Skilled Migration: New Estimates Controlling for Age of Entry
The authors aim to improve 'brain drain,' or skilled emigration, data sets by taking into account whether migrants to OECD countries attained their education or training in the home or destination country by using...
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Informing Migration Policies: A Data Primer
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Migration Data and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Introduction The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes for the first time the contribution of migration to sustainable development. Migration is a cross-cutting issue in the 2030 Agenda, ...
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SDG 1: NO POVERTY
What do we know? Source: IOM, 2024. Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: All indicators are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers &nbs...
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SDG 3: GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
What do we know? Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: All indicators are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers based on their level of methodological development and the availability of ...
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SDG 4: QUALITY EDUCATION
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Towards the finish line: What data tells us about migrants’ needs and contributions to the SDGs
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been a beacon of hope since their adoption in 2015. They help monitor progress towards a more equitable and sustainable world by 2030. However, as we re...
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Disaggregating SDG Data by Migration Status: The Swiss experience
The Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) currently collects data disaggregated by migration status for eight SDG goals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 16.
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Disaggregating SDG Data by Migration Status: The South African experience
Country reporting for the SDGs in South Africa is coordinated by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) through the South Africa National Statistics System (SANSS), in consultation with other government departments, t...
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Do awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of irregular migration support safer migration decisions? IOM research provides new evidence.
Forthcoming impact evaluation studies provide evidence on the potential effects of awareness-raising campaigns to enhance safer decision-making of potential migrants. Migrants as Messengers community gather...
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Skills Mapping Through Big Data: A case study of Armenian diaspora in the United States of America and France
Using big data to map concentrations of diaspora worldwide.
Understanding Human Mobility through Wifi Analytics
The International Organization for Migration and the Interagency Group on Mixed Migration Flows have implemented a monitoring exercise through Wifi in 29 Colombian Wifi spots where human mobility flows tend to tak...
The war in Ukraine and the potential of Facebook’s Social Connectedness Index to anticipate human displacement
Anticipating conflict-induced migration flows in the context of the war in Ukraine through innovative data from social media.
Aurora Chatbot: Empowering Transit Migrants with Reliable Information and Humanitarian Aid
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Cécile Riallant | Leveraging Human Mobility to Rescue the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda
Take a listen to Cécile Riallant, Head of the Migration and Sustainable Development Division at IOM, for an overview of the report Leveraging Human Mobility to Rescue the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda and its supp...
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6 Years of the Migration Data Portal
6 Years of the Migration Data Portal: Celebrate with us! Watch the anniversary remarks by Koko Warner, Director at IOM's Global Data Institute (GDI).
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The Portal gets an upgrade: A new dashboard!
On 15 June, the Global Migration Data Portal unveiled its new dashboard featuring a series of tools to help policy makers, national statistics officers, journalists and the general public gain access to the latest...
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Migration data in times of COVID-19: Trends and policy implications in Africa
The African Union Institute for Statistics (STATAFRIC) and IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) organized a webinar on "Migration data in times of COVID-19: Trends and policy implications in Africa"...
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Countries with highest numbers of IDPs due to conflict, as of December 2021
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Median earnings and costs of migrants in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, USD, 2014
Source: Martin, 2017
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Median earnings and costs of migrants in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, USD, 2014
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Annual weather-related internal displacements in millions (2012-2021 average)
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Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Suriname
This country Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the Republic of Suriname (hereafter referred to as Suriname) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as ...
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Migration Governance Second Profile: The Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)
This country Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the The Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter referred to as Kyrgyzstan) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, ...
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Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Namibia
This country Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the Republic of Namibia (hereafter referred to as Namibia) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as ev...
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Migration Governance Profile: Province of Albay (The Philippines)
This local Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the Province of Albay (The Philippines) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated through the s...
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Migration data in Western Africa
Western Africa1 has long been characterized by high levels of mobility, a trend that far predates the current configuration of borders established during the colonial era. An estimated 7.6 million internatio...
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Migration data in Middle Africa
The nine countries that make up Middle Africa1– Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guin...
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Migration data in Western Asia
Mobility in Western Asia1 has deep historical roots, and it has also witnessed a lot of voluntary and forced migratory movements in the past century. The economic and political diversity in the sub-region have led...
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Migration data in Oceania
Oceania is comprised of island nations with few shared land borders spread across the Pacific Ocean. Traditionally, the ocean was seen to connect people through a ‘sea of islands’ (Hau’ofa et al., 1993), resulting...
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