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World Migration Report 2018:

Chapter 10 - Migrants and cities: Stepping beyond World Migration Report 2015

Chapter 10 is a follow-up analysis to World Migration Report 2015, which was devoted to a single theme: the relationship between migration and the cities of the world.  Building on the foundations of WMR 2015, the chapter looks at the role of the modern city in migration governance, taking... Read more

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Chapter 9 - Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion

This chapter provides an analysis of the existing evidence on the relationships between migration, violent extremism and social exclusion. It provides a brief overview of definitions and data, emphasizing the need for analytical clarity, pointing to a shortage of reliable data, and highlighting the... Read more

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Chapter 8 - Media reporting of migrants and migration

Chapter 8 critically discusses media reporting on migration and migration around the world. Drawing on existing research in different countries, the analysis addresses four key questions: (a) What do media around the world say about migration and migrants? (b) What impacts does this coverage have... Read more

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Chapter 7 - Understanding migration journeys from migrant's perspectives

Chapter 7 discusses the importance of understanding migration from migrants’ perspectives, principally by listening to and learning from migrants through rigorous research. While all migrants make decisions before and during their journeys – some decisions being of greater consequence than others,... Read more

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Chapter 6 - Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity

Recent advances in transportation and telecommunications technology have heralded massive changes in how we access information and interact globally in real time. Increasing transnational connectivity is shaping how people move internationally in ways that were not previously possible. Chapter 6... Read more

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Chapter 5 - Global migration governance: Existing architecture and recent developments

The governance of migration at the global level has undergone incremental and substantial changes in recent years. Most notable are the adoption of the 2016 New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants at the UN General Assembly and ongoing efforts to advance two global compacts.

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Chapter 4 - Migration research and analysis: Growth, reach and recent contributions

This chapter provides a selective overview of research and analysis on migration that is being undertaken and published by a range of actors, such as academics, governments, intergovernmental organizations and think tanks. The knowledge derived from rigorous analysis and research can and should... Read more

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Chapter 3 - Migration and migrants: Regional dimensions and developments

Chapter 3 provides a discussion of key regional dimensions of, and developments in, migration. The discussion focuses on six world regions, namely Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America and Oceania.  For each of these regions, the analysis includes: 

World Migration Report 2018:

Chapter 2 - Migration and migrants: A global overview

This chapter provides an overview of global data and trends on international migrants and international migration. It also provides a discussion of particular migrant groups – namely migrant workers, refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs – as well as of remittances. In addition, the chapter highlights... Read more

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Chapter 1 - Report overview: Making sense of migration in an increasingly interconnected world

International migration is a complex phenomenon that touches on a multiplicity of economic, social and security aspects affecting our daily lives in an increasingly interconnected world. Migration is a term that encompasses a wide variety of movements and situations that involve people of all walks... Read more

World Migration Report 2018

Since 2000, IOM has been producing world migration reports. This World Migration Report 2018, the ninth in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world.

Media Coverage on Migration: Promoting a Balanced Reporting

Anna Triandafyllidou

This paper is part of the IOM Migration Research Leaders Syndicate’s contribution toward the Global Compact for Migration. It is one of 26 papers that make up a consolidated Syndicate publication, which focuses on proposing ways to address complex and pressing issues in contemporary international... Read more