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In celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre hosted...

Frequently asked Questions (FAQs)

What are the Portal's main objectives? The Portal aims to serve the migration community by making sense of migration...

Welcome to the Migration Data Portal

The Portal aims to serve as a unique access point to timely, comprehensive migration statistics and reliable information...

About: Improving migration data

The resources gathered here support efforts to improve the quality, reliability, availability and comparability of...

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Data protection and migration

Migration and data protection

Data protection in the migration context has become increasingly relevant given the growing need for more reliable statistics, comprehensive and timely data, and the emergence of new technologies. The incidences o...
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Environmental Migration

Quantifying environmental migration is challenging given the multiple drivers of such movement, related methodological challenges and the lack of data collection standards. Some quantitative data exist on populati...

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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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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Assessing the capacity of national statistical systems: A user’s guide

The NSS Assessment Guide identifies four different tool typologies to assist in the preparation of national statistical plans or strategies; aid development partner’s capacity building investment efforts...
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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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Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018: From World Development Indicators

A visual guide to the trends, challenges and measurement issues related to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) the Atlas features maps and data visualizations, primarily drawn from World Developmen...
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...

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5 UN resources for adapting migration data collection in times of COVID-19

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. ...

Forecasting the future of migration—many approaches, one commonality: uncertainty

Policymakers want to know what’s coming. Migration forecasts are not just in high demand, they are also difficult to navigate. Some approaches to discuss the future of migration require advanced knowledge of stati...

Migration Statistics: Let's Make Better Use of Existing Data

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Migration Governance Profiles

Migration Governance Profile: The State of Kuwait

This country overview describes examples of well-developed areas of the State of Kuwait’s (hereafter referred to as Kuwait) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as eval...

Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Vanuatu

This country profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the Republic of Vanuatu’s (hereafter referred to as Vanuatu) migration governance structures and area...

Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Tuvalu

This country profile describes the well-governed areas of Tuvalu’s migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated by the six domains of the Migration Governance Indi...

Migration Governance Profile: Canada

This country Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of Canada’s migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated through the six domains of the Migration G...

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Regional Page

Migration data in Northern America

Northern America1 has historically been one of the principal destination regions of international migrants worldwide. According to statistics published by the United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social ...
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Migration Data in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Migration to and from countries in Southern Africa1 is driven largely by the pursuit of economic opportunities, political instability and increasingly, environmental hazards. In a region with an estimated populati...
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Migration data in Northern Africa

The six countries in Northern AfricaAs defined by the UN Statistics Division – Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia – have historically been and remain significant countries of migrant destination, tr...

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