The Practitioners’ Handbook provides first-hand insights into why and how non-traditional data sources can contribute to better understanding migration-related phenomena. The Handbook aims to (a) bridge the practical and technical aspects of using data innovations in migration statistics, (a)...

Migration is a permanent feature of contemporary life and can take many forms. People move from one place to another within their countries of residence and they also cross borders. People move for different reasons: as a consequence of the absence of decent work or as a means to securing a...

The Global Youth Consultation on Ending Child Immigration Detention, organised bythe Migration Youth & Children's Platform in collaboration with UNICEF, IDC, UNHCR,and UNNM, brought together over 80 young participants from around the world todiscuss and share their ideas on ending child immigration...

El 29 de noviembre, representantes de organizaciones de la sociedad civil, funcionarios del Estado, organismos internacionales y ONGs se reunieron para discutir sobre la implementación del Pacto Mundial para la Migración Segura, Ordenada y Regular (PMM) y su vinculación con el cumplimiento de los...

El día 22 de noviembre, la Red de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Migración reunió expertos del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA), la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la...

L’importance croissante des envois de fonds sur mobile a rendu nécessaire le développement d’une base de connaissances spécifique. En réponse à cela, le Mécanisme de financement pour l’envoi de fonds (MFEF) du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) a élaboré MobileRemit Africa comme...

The increasing importance of mobile remittances has prompted the need to develop a specific knowledge base. In response, IFAD's Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) developed MobileRemit Africa as a key instrument of the Platform for Remittances, Investments and Migrants’ Entrepreneurship in...

These recommendations are the first of their kind and underline the critical role migrant women human rights defenders play in securing the rights of people on the move.

Migrant women human rights defenders include women, girls, and gender-diverse persons of all ages who promote and protect the...

The UN Network on Migration (Network) held its fourth annual meeting on 18-19 October at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. There were 167 in-person participants as well as 542 online participants throughout, representing the Network, civil society and other stakeholders, as well as Member States (on...

MMPTF Snapshot #1 December 2022

On 26 October 2022, the Alternatives to Detention Thematic Workstream of the Regional UN Network on Migration for Asia and the Pacific held the launch event of “Promoting Alternatives to Immigration Detention in the Asia Pacific Region” in Bangkok, Thailand. This event was to disseminate the report...

At a glance

This report summarizes the results of a mapping that was done on the use of immigration detention and alternatives to immigration detention (ATD) in 19 countries across the five sub-regions in Asia-Pacific. It examines related laws, policies, and practices.

What it offers

The report...

The 2022 edition of International Migration Outlook analyses recent developments in migration movements and the labour market inclusion of immigrants in OECD countries. It also monitors recent policy changes in migration governance and integration in OECD countries. This edition includes a special...

The Champion countries held their first meeting after the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF). The meeting was attended by more than 40 participants representing 17 Champion countries as well as UN Network entities. The meeting aimed at brainstorming the role of Champion countries post-IMRF...

The 2021/2022 Human Development Report unites and extends the discussions from previous Human Development Reports under the theme of uncertainty—how it is changing, what it means for human development and how we can thrive in the face of it.

The central message of the 2021/2022 Report is...

The Global Estimates of Modern Slavery provides a picture of the scale and depth of modern slavery. The Global Estimates is the result of a collaborative effort between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Walk Free, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

On 11th April 2022, the Regional Consultation of the GCM Champion Series in Asia and the Pacific held its third consultation on “Border management and labour migration in the COVID-19 recovery phase” hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia, in collaboration with the Regional UN Network on...

The Asia–Pacific Migration Data Report series is the flagship publication for the region since 2020.

The Asia–Pacific Migration Data Report 2021 consolidates the latest evidence on the migration landscape in the region in 2021, principally through the lens of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic...

Produced by IOM's Regional Offices in Buenos Aires and San José, this report provides a general overview of migration in the Americas as well as information on key trends, regular pathways, migrants' contribution to sustainable development, and climate and environmental change as a human mobility...

The IFRC commissioned this report as part of its mandate to share knowledge and skills and to ensure that all National Societies have the knowledge, resources and capacities to support vulnerable migrants. This report is based on interviews with over 70 people representing 30 countries, five country...