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Number of Pages
64
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PUB2019/004/EL
Date of upload

15 Jan 2020

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Migration Governance Indicators: A Global Perspective

The Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) process has been rolled out in 50 countries, more than a quarter of UN Member States and almost a third of IOM Member States. This report uses data collected through the MGI to analyse trends and identify areas with potential for further development in migration governance worldwide, as countries gear up to achieve their national and international commitments related to migration.
 
This report constitutes a first global overview of the state of national migration governance across the world. It analyses MGI data to show and discuss policy trends in a number of policy areas that relate to migration (health, education, security and economy among others). These findings are complemented by background research to propose explanations for the trends identified and discuss their policy implications. The publication includes specific examples of good practices that can inform policy development in different countries.

  • Acknowledgements
  • List of tables
  • List of acronyms
  • Executive summary
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1. Defining migration governance
    • 1.2. Migration governance at the national level
    • 1.3. Implications of the geographic and immigration bias in the literature
  • 2. The Migration Governance Indicators: Process and methodology 
    • 2.1. The Migration Governance Indicators process
    • 2.2. The Migration Governance Indicators and other data sets on migration governance
      • 2.2.1. Migration governance data sets with comprehensive policy coverage
      • 2.2.2. Migration governance data sets limited to specific policy areas
    • 2.3. Methodology
      • 2.3.1. An overview of Migration Governance Indicators countries
      • 2.3.2. Global database-building
      • 2.3.3. Data analysis
      • 2.3.4. Limitations
  • 3. Trends and gaps in migration governance frameworks worldwide
    • 3.1. Domain 1: Migrants’ rights
      • 3.1.1. Migrants’ access to social services
      • 3.1.2. The rights to family life
      • 3.1.3. Access to employment for immigrants
      • 3.1.4. Access to citizenship
      • 3.1.5. Protection for emigrants
      • 3.1.6. Migrants and the right to vote
    • 3.2. Domain 2: “Whole-of-government” approach
      • 3.2.1. The substantive level: Migration legislation and strategies
      • 3.2.2. Institutions
      • 3.2.3. Availability and sharing of migration-related data for policy
    • 3.3. Domain 3: Partnerships
      • 3.3.1. Legal provisions relating to partnerships
      • 3.3.2. Processes
      • 3.3.3. Processes and institutional set-up for involving non-State actors
    • 3.4. Domain 4: Well-being of migrants
      • 3.4.1. Student and labour migration
      • 3.4.2. Migrant remittances
    • 3.5. Domain 5: The mobility dimensions of crises
    • 3.6. Domain 6: Safe, orderly and regular migration
  • 4. Summary of main results
    • 4.1. Migration Governance Indicators and the Sustainable Development Goals 
    • 4.2. Main findings by MiGOF dimension
    • 4.3. Analysis of main findings by focus and approach
  • 5. Way forward
    • 5.1. Implications for migration governance
      • 5.1.1. A holistic approach to migration governance involves both immigration and emigration
      • 5.1.2. The need to mainstream migration into other policy areas
      • 5.1.3. Potential for further development of capacities
    • 5.2. Recent developments
      • 5.2.1. Local Migration Governance Indicators
      • 5.2.2. Migration Governance Indicators’ policy elements 
    • 5.3. Data gaps
  • Annex 1: MGI countries by region, Human Development Index, net migration rate and international migrant stock
  • Annex 2: Details on the methodology
  • References