Joint UNECE/Eurostat Seminar on Migration Statistics Geneva 21-23 March 2005

1. Joint UNECE/Eurostat Seminar on Migration StatisticsGeneva21-23 March 2005 International Migration Statistics: Current Activities of the United Nations Statistics Division Demographic and Social Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division

2. Major activities • Methodological works • Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration, Rev. 1 • Principles and Recommendations of Population and Housing Censuses, Rev. 1 • Data collection and dissemination on international migration statistics – Demographic Yearbook • Coordination and collaboration

3. Methodological works • Implementation of the Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration • Workshop on Improving the Compilation of International Migration Statistics, 15-17 September 2003, Geneva • Revision and update of the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses

4. Revision and update of the Principles and Recommendations on Population and Housing Censuses • The 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses • United Nations Expert Group Meeting to Review Critical Issues Relevant to the Planning of the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses, New York, 15-17 September 2004 • Set priorities of work • Revise/update the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev. 1

5. Revision and update of the Principles and Recommendations on Population and Housing Censuses (cont.) • Three working groups are proposed: • Standards and Frameworks and a Core Set of Outputs • Census Planning and Management • Promotion of Censuses: Making Value Visible • Six technical subgroups

6. Revision and update of the Principles and Recommendations on Population and Housing Censuses (cont.) • The Technical Subgroup on Internal and International Migration Statistics • Provide input to updating and revising sections on internal and international migration characteristics in the UN Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev1

7. Statistics collected from population censuses • Collected from two UN Demographic Yearbook census questionnaires (www) • Five tables: • Native and foreign born population by age, sex and urban/rural residence; • Foreign-born population by country of birth, age and sex; • Foreign-born population in the country for less than five years by country of birth, age and sex; and • Population by country of citizenship and sex • Economically active foreign-born population by occupation, age, sex and urban/rural residence

8. Level of responses (1995-2004)

9. Migration statistics on flows • Annual collection temporarily suspended in 2000 • A Trial Questionnaire on International Travel and Migration Statistics was developed – to bring compliance with the UN Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration, Revision 1

10. Trial Questionnaire on International Travel and Migration Statistics • Table 1A. Inflows of foreigners by reason for admission to the country and sex and outflows of foreigners by current status in the country and sex • Table 1B. Inflows of citizens by purpose of stay abroad and outflows of citizens by purpose of travel abroad by sex • Table 2A. Inflows of foreigners by reason for admission, duration of stay and sex • Table 2B. Outflows of foreigners by current status in country and sex • Table 3A. Inflows of citizens by duration and purpose of stay abroad and sex, • Table 3B. Outflows of citizens by purpose of travel abroad and sex

11. Trial Questionnaire on International Travel and Migration Statistics (cont.) • Table 4A. Number of incoming migrants by country of citizenship, age and sex • Table 4B. Number of departing migrants by country of citizenship, age and sex • Table 5A. Number of incoming migrants by country of birth, citizenship, and sex • Table 5B. Number of departing migrants by country of birth, citizenship, and sex • Table 6. Number of incoming migrants by country of last residence and number of departing migrants by country of future residence by sex

12. Trial Questionnaire on International Travel and Migration Statistics (cont.) • Tested in fifteen countries - Workshop on Improving Compilation of International Migration Statistics, Geneva, 15-17 September 2003 • An ongoing testing in several countries in the Pacific region • Test in 2005 Joint Eurostat/UNSD collection on international migration

13. Data dissemination – by mid 2005 • International migration stock statistics for the last two census rounds (1985-2004) will be available to the public • Meta-data will be reviewed and available to the public • Concepts used in the censuses • Questions asked on the census questionnaire

14. Coordination and collaboration • Joint data collection on migration between UNSD and Eurostat/Council of Europe (ongoing every year) • Meeting of the Working Subgroup to the Coordination Meeting on International Migration, on International Migration Statistics (Oct 2004 in New York, will repeat every two years) • Exchange of information • Enable coordination of different programmes • Discuss technical issues

15. Thank you!