Migration Data Themes

Learn more about migration data sources and their strengths and limitations. These thematic pages were written in collaboration with subject matter experts.

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Immigration & emigration statistics

Immigration & emigration statistics

Updated! Migration data relevant for the COVID-19 pandemic
Migration and data protection
Migration data sources
International migration flows
International migrant stocks
IOM data overview
Big data, migration and human mobility
Gender and migration
Human trafficking
Migrant deaths and disappearances
Future migration trends
Public opinion on migration
Types of migration

Types of migration

Updated! Migration data relevant for the COVID-19 pandemic
Urbanization and migration
Environmental Migration
Family migration
Forced migration or displacement
International students
Irregular migration
Labour migration
Child and young migrants
Older persons and migration
Return migration
Mixed migration
Migration & vulnerability

Migration & vulnerability

Updated! Migration data relevant for the COVID-19 pandemic
Child and young migrants
Forced migration or displacement
Gender and migration
Human trafficking
Migrant deaths and disappearances
Migrant integration
Older persons and migration
Smuggling of migrants
Mixed migration
Migration & Development

Migration & development

Updated! Migration data relevant for the COVID-19 pandemic
Diasporas
Gender and migration
Migration and health
Migration and trade
Migration Data and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Migrant recruitment costs
Migrant rights
Remittances
The G20 and migration
Urbanization and migration
Migration Policy

Migration policy

Updated! Migration data relevant for the COVID-19 pandemic
Citizenship and migration
Migration policies and governance
Global Compact for Migration (GCM)
GCM Development process
Gender and migration
Migrant rights
Public opinion on migration

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