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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...

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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...
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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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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...
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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

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

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Using mobile phone call detail records to understand refugee integration in Türkiye

Using call records, this team of researchers analysed the integration process of refugees in Türkiye
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Modelling migration flows in Sub-Saharan Africa using census microdata

This study analyses census microdata from 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa to map internal and international migration movements

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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Use of new data sources for measuring international migration

Use of new data sources for measuring international migration

Migration and other forms of cross-border mobility are issues of high policy importance. Demands for statistics in these areas have further increased in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the...
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5-Years of the Migration Data Portal

Time flies! We are celebrating five years of the Global Migration Data Portal. With migration data being scattered between various institutions and countries, the Portal was set up on 15 Decemb...
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IOM Global Data Institute Thematic Brief #1: Evidence Summary on Climate Change and the Future of Human Mobility

In the past decade, an estimated 21.6 million people annually were internally displaced by climate-related hazards worldwide (IDMC, 2022). Climate change is increasing these hazards across many parts of the world....
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Four reasons why we need gender mainstreaming in migration data

Migration data disaggregation by sex is necessary but also not sufficient in understanding the lived experiences of migrants with diverse genders. Gender identities as the usual conflation of sex and gender narrow...
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Afghan women, migration, and their future

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Unaccompanied migrant children

Unaccompanied or separated children face increased health risks during migration

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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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Do awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of irregular migration support safer migration decisions? IOM research provides new evidence.
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