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MRS No. 53 - International Migration, Internal Migration, Mobility and Urbanization: Towards More Integrated Approaches

“The idea that most people do not move or are fixed at a specific location might be appealing but it is wrong. Mobility is an inherent characteristic of all populations unless specific policies or other factors are in place that limit or control that mobility.”

World Migration Report Update: Migration and Migrants: Latin America

This World Migration Report update provides an overview of the latest data on international migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is based on the most recent estimates from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Released in December 2017, the international... Read more

World Migration Report Update: Migration and Migrants: Northern America

This World Migration Report update provides an overview of the latest data on international migrants in Northern America. It is based on the most recent estimates from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Released in December 2017, the international migrant stock... Read more

World Migration Report Update: Migration and Migrants: Oceania

This World Migration Report update provides an overview of the latest data on international migrants in Oceania. It is based on the most recent estimates from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Released in December 2017, the international migrant stock datasets... Read more

World Migration Report Update: Migration and Migrants: Europe

This World Migration Report Update provides an overview of the latest data on international migrants in Europe. It is based on the most recent estimates from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Released in December 2017, the international migrant stock data sets estimate... Read more

World Migration Report Update: Migration and Migrants: Asia

This World Migration Report Update provides an overview of the latest data on international migrants in Asia. It is based on the most recent estimates from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Released in December 2017, the international migrant stock data sets estimate the... Read more

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series (Issue 3 | Vol. 4 June 2018)

Mobility has constituted a key element of livelihood strategies in the West African Sahel region and in Senegal for a long time. It has allowed households to diversify the places and sources of revenue accessible to them, and in this way, adapt to a resource-poor environment. In the last decades,... Read more

A Pilot study on Disaggregating SDG Indicators by Migratory Status

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The commitment to “leave no one behind” is a key feature of the SDG agenda and acknowledges migrants as a population... Read more

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series Issue 2 | Vol. 4 May 2018

Today, almost 15 per cent of the global population is on the move, with more than 244 million international migrants and 763 million internal migrants, UN statistics estimate. An increasing proportion of these migration flows are linked with the scarcity of natural resources. Consequently, on the... Read more

Migration in Jamaica: A Country Profile 2018

The recent Migration Profile for Jamaica shows that emigration continues to be greatly in excess of immigration. The overall trend of decreasing numbers of permanent emigrants to the three traditional and still major destinations –United States, United Kingdom and Canada – continued, but numbers... Read more

World Migration Report 2018 - Hoja Informativa No. 9

Migración, Extremismo Violento y Wxclusión Social*

Las Hojas Informativas del Informe sobre las Migraciones en el Mundo 2018 ofrecen un panorama conciso de los diez capítulos que componen el Informe. Asimismo, confieren una idea clara y accesible de los temas y los asuntos que se analizan en esta edición del Informe.

World Migration Report 2018 - InfoSheet No. 9 (Russian)

Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion

Информационные листки содержат краткие описания каждой из десяти глав Доклада о миграции в мире 2018 года. Они позволяют быстро и просто получить информацию о темах и/или вопросах раскрываемых в Докладе.