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Eurostat report on the implementation of Article 3 of Regulation 862/2007 on statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship. Katya Vasileva European Commission, DG Eurostat.
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Eurostat report on the implementation of Article 3 of Regulation 862/2007 on statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship Katya Vasileva European Commission, DG Eurostat Joint UNECE/Eurostat Work Session on Migration Statistics, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 April 2010
Increasing need for high quality migration statistics at European level • Demand for internationally comparable migration data for policy-making and research • Malta Declaration (October 2009) Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007
Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection • Commission legislative proposal based on consultations with data users and suppliers • Council of the EU and the European Parliament reviewed, amended and adopted Reg. 862/2007 under the 'co-decision‘ procedure • Migration data disaggregated by groups of countries and citizenships Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007
Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection • Commission Implementing Regulation defining the groups of: • citizenship, • country of birth, • country of previous usual residence, • country of next usual residence. • European Statistical System Committee approval (November 2009) Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007
Groups for data on immigration and usually resident population (citizenship / country of birth / country of previous usual residence) • Reporting country; • EU Member States; • Non-EU countries, of which: • EFTA, • Candidate countries, • Other non-EU countries, of which: • Highly developed countries, • Medium developed countries, • Less developed countries; • Unknown. Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007
Groups for data on emigration (citizenship / country of next usual residence) • Reporting country; • EU Member States; • Non-EU countries; • Unknown. Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007
2009 Annual Migration Data Collection: • Data under Regulation 862/2007 • Detailed data (voluntary) Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007
Challenges: • Measuring emigration • Stock / Flow consistency • Validity of residence permit vs. intended duration of stay • Unknown country of next/previous residence Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007
After the first round of the new data collection under Reg. 862/2007 • What are the main difficulties? • What can be improved? • Recommendations? (exchange of best practices) Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007
The process of transition towards reliable and comparable European migration data • has already started • will take time • requires compromise and co-operation • requires high level political commitment Thank you to all national data suppliers for their work and cooperation Implementation of Art. 3 of Regulation 862/2007