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Migrant rights

Under international law, migrants have human rights by virtue of their humanity. International customary law and international human rights instruments are of universal application and therefore set States duties ...
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Remittances

Remittances, usually understood as the money or goods that migrants send back to families and friends in origin countries, are often the most direct and well-known link between migration and development. Remittanc...
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes for the first time the contribution of migration to sustainable development. Migration is a cross-cutting issue, relevant to all of the Su...
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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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Leave No Migrant Behind: The 2030 Agenda and Data Disaggregation

The objective of the “Leave No Migrant Behind: The 2030 Agenda and Data Disaggregation” guide, published by IOM, is to provide user-centric guidance on disaggregation of SDG indicators by migratory status. It is a...
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International Transactions in Remittances: Guide for Compilers and Users

This is the first-ever manual providing detailed guidance on the compilation of remittances. Data on remittances are important for policymaking, analysis, and research purposes. Using the detailed guidance provide...
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Data disaggregation of SDG indicators by forced displacement

Data disaggregation of SDG indicators by forced displacement

The purpose of the “Data disaggregation of SDG indicators by forced displacement” report which was published by UNHCR in December 2020 is to provide a review of the availability of published disaggregated SDG indi...
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Collection and integration of data on refugee and migrant health in the WHO European Region

Collection and integration of data on refugee and migrant health in the WHO European Region

This technical guidance outlines current evidence, knowledge and best practice relating to the integration of migration health data into national health information systems. It highlights key principles, summarize...
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Disability-inclusive data in migration: How far have we come?

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Visible in advocacy but missing in data: Migrants and persons with disabilities

Like any average 20-something year old, Nujeen Mustafa regularly tweets and Instagrams. But unlike most of her peers, she’s co-authored a book with an internationally acclaimed journalist, received a prestigious a...
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How Covid-19 has made life more dangerous for migrant workers

Migrant workers often live and work in unsafe conditions. The health crisis has made their working lives even more dangerous.  
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Afghanistan remittances

Remittances to Afghanistan are lifelines: They are needed more than ever in a time of crisis

Remittances from Afghans working abroad and diaspora communities have long been critical for families and the wider economy. Along with so much else in Afghanistan, there is now uncertainty around this v...
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Data collaboratives in West Africa

Designing Data Collaboratives to Better Understand Human Mobility and Migration in West Africa

(This article was published originally on the 12th of August 2021 on the Big Data for Migration Alliance's blog.)  
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Millionaire migration: How much would you pay for a passport?

More and more of the world’s millionaires are using their wealth to obtain a second nationality through citizenship by investment programs (CIPs). These passports open the doors to greater security, ...
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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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Remittances

Remittances during COVID-19 in Asia Pacific: Resilient despite dire predictions

Migrant remittances are cash or in-kind transfers made by migrants to relatives in countries of origin. In April 2020, experts predicted that the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants would cause g...
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Migration Data in Asia and the Pacific - Launch Event

Introducing IOM’s Asia-Pacific Regional Data Hub (RDH), key findings from a new Regional Secondary Data Review (RSDR) and new sub-regional migration data overviews. The event was held online on Monday, 10 May 2...
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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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Migration & vulnerability

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Disability-inclusive data in migration: How far have we come?
Elisa Mosler Vidal | 25 Jan 2022

Migration & vulnerability

Visible in advocacy but missing in data: Migrants and persons with disabilities
Carla Rojas Paz | 30 Nov 2021

Types of migration

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How Covid-19 has made life more dangerous for migrant workers
Joanna York | 25 Oct 2021

Migration & vulnerability

Afghanistan remittances
Remittances to Afghanistan are lifelines: They are needed more than ever in a time of crisis
Nicholas Ross and Stefanie Barratt | 6 Sep 2021
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