Description
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on how to improve the collection, analysis and responsible use of data on global migration and international mobility. While migration remains a topic of great policy interest for governments around the world, there is a serious lack of reliable, timely, disaggregated and comparable data on it, and often insufficient safeguards to protect migrants' information. Meanwhile, vast amounts of data about the movement of people are being generated in real time due to new technologies, but these have not yet been fully captured and utilized by migration policymakers, who often do not have enough data to inform their policies and programmes. The lack of migration data has been internationally recognized; the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration urges all countries to improve data on migration to ensure that policies and programmes are evidence-based, but does not spell out how this could be done.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Why Migration Data Matters. Part I. The State of Migration Data. 2. International Migration Data: An Overview. 3. How International Migration Data are Managed: Challenges and Solutions 4. Big Data: How Much Can They Tell Us About Migrants and Migration Policy? Part II. Data Availability on Key Migration Topics. 5. Migration and Sustainable Development: Measuring Progress. 6. Data on Migration and Climate Change: Making Sense of the Numbers. 7. Improving Data on Migration and Health After the Global Pandemic. 8. Way Forward.
