In order to respond to a growing-policy need for a common approach to promoting the inclusion of migrants and refugees that recognizes their contribution to development, UNITAR, together with some of its partners, has been working on different initiatives. These are aimed at strengthening the...

This compendium from the ILO collects information on labour market policies that have been implemented in select Latin American countries since the 1990s. The policies are described in terms of main components, target group, the number of participants, the level of public expenditures, among other...

The thematic working group “Labor Migration” of Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development led by the World Bank has several areas of focus, including capacity-building to collect data on recruitment costs and analyzing the impact of low-skilled migration on families left behind. They...

IRIS is a global initiative from IOM that is designed to promote ethical international recruitment. The IRIS Standard sets a benchmark for ethical recruitment and there is a voluntary certification scheme for ethical labour recruiters, as well as a compliance and monitoring mechanism.

This thematic page from the Migration Data Portal presents the existing data and knowledge about recruitment costs. It introduces international initiatives that are in place to combat the lack of transparency surrounding recruitment costs.

Anti-Slavery International is an international non-governmental organization that works to end slavery throughout the world, with projects in the UK, Europe, and Africa, and Asia, as well as with campaigns that cover the globe. Their work spans victim protection, counter-trafficking efforts...

This thematic area of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) led by the World Bank explores the basis of policies to improve return and reintegration outcomes by conducting surveys on reintegration experiences and carrying out workshop and round-tables to discuss...

There are two main forms of return migration: voluntary return and forced return. Data on forced return are usually collected by national and international statistical offices, border protection and immigration law enforcement agencies. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) collects...

The Migrant Protection Platform (MPP) is a public knowledge management tool that intends to serve as a dedicated one-stop shop for a broad community of migrant protection policy makers and practitioners allowing them to connect with peers and engage in online dialogues; easily access hundreds of...

Evidence-based analysis of data on migration and migrants, focused on the United Kingdom.

This page on the Migration Data Portal showcases migration as a cross-cutting issue for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is an interactive wheel graphic that allows users to explore migration-relevant SDG indicators and data sources by objective.

This dashboard brings together information on current measures implemented by governments in response to COVID-19 alongside the population size and the number of children, child migrants and displaced children living in those countries. Government measures are updated daily, reflecting changes in...

UNICEF’s Data & Analytics (D&A) team is the global go-to for data on children. It compiles publications, datasets, guidance, journal articles and data visualizations and dashboards on children.

Resources on children and youth on the move by children and youth on the move

Latest UNICEF research related to migrant and displaced children. It includes publications, articles, among others.

Resources and policy positions related to children in the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees.

Latest UNICEF research, technical guidance, policy positions and communication materials related to migrant and displaced children. 

The OHCHR’s page on enforced disappearances of migrants provides stories of families searching for missing migrants, reports and guiding principles linked to the issue of enforced disappearances of migrants.

ICMP’s Online Inquiry Center (OIC) is a tool to provide information or obtain information about a missing person. It is an online resource that can be accessed by families of the missing and others. 

The ICRC’s page on missing migrants provides articles, news releases and publications linked to the issue of migrant disappearances.