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United Nations recommendations in the field of international migration statistics

United Nations recommendations in the field of international migration statistics. Bela Hovy, Chief Migration Section Population Division/DESA United Nations, New York. Training workshop on international migration statistics (ESCWA, DESA, ALO, MEDSTAT) Cairo, Egypt, 30 June – 3 July 2009.

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United Nations recommendations in the field of international migration statistics

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  1. United Nations recommendations in the field of international migration statistics Bela Hovy, Chief Migration Section Population Division/DESA United Nations, New York Training workshop on international migration statistics(ESCWA, DESA, ALO, MEDSTAT)Cairo, Egypt, 30 June – 3 July 2009

  2. Presentation overview • Principles and recommendations for population and housing Censuses rev. 2 (United Nations, 2008) • Recommendations on statistics of international migration rev. 1 (United Nations, 1998) • Conclusions United Nations Population Division/DESA

  3. Part IPrinciples and recommendations for population and housing Censuses rev. 2 (United Nations, 2008)

  4. Place of usual residence • Each person has only one place of residence. • “Place of usual residence: the place at which the person lives at the time of the census, and has been there for some time or intends to stay there for some time.” (some time =12 months). • “Persons who move frequently and do not have a place of usual residence should be enumerated at the place where they are found at the time of the census.” • “It is not recommended that censuses of population and housing enumerate only those people with a legal right to be in a place but rather should include either all those present at the place on census night or all those whose usual residence on census night was at the place.” United Nations Population Division/DESA

  5. International migration characteristics - 1Country of birth (core) • “… information on country of birth be recorded according to national boundaries existing at time of census.” • “… coding of information on the country of birth should be done in sufficient detail to allow for the individual identification of all countries of birth ….” • “Countries with a significant number of immigrants or return migrants may want to collect information on the country of birth of parents.” United Nations Population Division/DESA

  6. International migration characteristics - 2Citizenship (core) • “ … record country of citizenship as such and not adjective to indicate citizenship as some of those adjectives are used to designate ethnic groups”. • “ … coding of information on country of citizenship should be done in sufficient detail to allow for the individual identification of all countries of citizenship. • “Enumeration and processing instructions should indicate the treatment of stateless persons, persons with dual nationality, persons in the process of naturalization and any other groups with ambiguous citizenship.” United Nations Population Division/DESA

  7. Country of birth (P2.1-R) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  8. Citizenship (rev.) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  9. Year of arrival (rev.) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  10. Skills (rev.) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  11. Education (rev.) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  12. Part II.Recommendations on statistics of international migration rev. 1 (United Nations, 1998)

  13. Short and long-term migrants • Long-term migrant. A person who changes his or her country of usual residence for a period of at least a year (12 months). From the perspective of the country of departure the person will be a long-term emigrant and from that of the country of arrival the person will be a long-term immigrant. • Short-term migrant. A person who moves to a country other than that of his or her usual residence for a period of at least 3 months but less than a year (except holiday, visits to friends, business trip, etc.). United Nations Population Division/DESA

  14. Immigration (total) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  15. Emigration (total) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  16. Immigration long-term (by type) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  17. Immigration short-term (by type) United Nations Population Division/DESA

  18. Bottlenecks and how to address them Most data are already available! • Detail  process essential cross-tabulations with requested detail • Timeliness  make date available rapidly • Dissemination  administrative data are not a matter of national security United Nations Population Division/DESA

  19. Questions? Comments? www.unmigration.org migrationp@un.org

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