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Official account of @UNmigration's data initiatives #data4action | #data4insight | #data4foresight
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Joined November 2014
📢 The Migration Health Data Primer is Out:. A practical guide for improving migration health data, adaptable across countries, migrant groups & contexts. 🔗 Learn more:
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RT @IOM_Nordics: 📢 At #IFMS2025, @UNmigration, @OECD_Stat & @UNDESA reaffirmed the joint commitment to strengthening global migration data….
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A new @UNHumanRights (@UN_SPExperts) report urges states to prevent migrant disappearances. The latest @MissingMigrants update shows the toll in crisis-hit countries. Learn more:.📄 📊
UN expert Gehad Madi calls on States to scale up protections to prevent the disappearance including enforced disappearance of #migrants, #refugees and asylum seekers.
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🎉 After 10 impactful years, the MGI programme is coming to a close. Together we’ve:.✅ Engaged 112 countries & 106 local govts.✅ Informed 120+ policy changes.✅ Built the world’s largest migration policy database. Thank you to all our partners! 🌍
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“Many Ukrainians travel in temporary or cyclical movements across the border. 92% of movements into Ukraine in the second half of 2024 were characterised by short-term stays or temporary returns.” Erin Neale, IOM, at #IFMS2025. Learn more:
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2 confirmed deaths & 60 people missing after two shipwrecks off the Libyan coast. This year 743 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean. IOM renews its call for urgent, coordinated action. The cost of inaction is measured in human lives.
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“Data is key—and by creating spaces like this, we reaffirm our collective commitment to data that drives protection, dignity & inclusion for migrants and their communities. Most importantly: to leave no one behind.” Princelle Dasappa-Venketsamy, IOM, today at #IFMS2025 📊
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“International migration is at a crossroads. It benefits both migrants and societies—when managed well. With labour shortages at an all-time high and 30M open jobs across major economies, many countries need migration.”.– Eva Åkerman Börje, IOM, at #IFMS2025
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🔵 Happening Soon! . How do data and evidence reveal the needs & future intentions of displaced Ukrainians? . IOM joins the #IFMS2025 session on “Ukrainian journeys: assessing vulnerabilities and intentions” . Live at 13:45 CET
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How can national stats offices and immigration authorities in the Middle East and North Africa work together toward inclusive migration governance?. Tune in to today's discussion at #IFMS2025 on “Harnessing Data for Inclusive Migration Governance”. 🔗
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🛣️ Over half of migrants surveyed face hardship en route: hunger, theft, violence, unpaid work. Most respondents need:.🔹 Jobs (50%).🔹 Legal documents (29%).🔹 Language help (25%). Top destinations: Italy, Spain, France & Germany. Insightful discussion at today's #IFMS2025.
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New insight shows most migrant arrivals to Europe in 2024 are young men (87%), but women are more common on the Western African Atlantic (24%) and Western Med (17%). Reasons:.1️⃣ Economic need (54%).2️⃣ Personal violence (30%).3️⃣ Conflict (21%). #IFMS2025
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RT @UNmigration: "The IFMS plays a crucial role in bringing together experts to ensure migration policies are grounded in evidence and save….
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@BjorgSandkjaer @UNDESA 🗣️ “This Forum is our direct contribution to Objective 1 of the Global Compact. to strengthen the global evidence base on international migration.” @stescarpetta of @OECD. “These days, more than ever, evidence-based policymaking is indispensable.”. #IFMS2025
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“Perceptions about migration must be aligned with facts,” says @BjorgSandkjaer of @UNDESA at #IFMS2025. “Stronger evidence is key to showing the benefits of safe, regular migration—and the risks of unsafe journeys.”
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🌍 “Migration is dynamic—our data systems must keep up.” At #IFMS2025, @daniels_ugochi calls on governments & partners to invest in capacities that make data actionable, inclusive, and future-ready.
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🌍 The 4th International Forum on Migration Statistics kicks off today in Malmö!. Global experts, policymakers, and innovators are coming together to strengthen migration data for better, evidence-based decisions. Join live: #IFMS2025
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@IOM_ECA @IOM_Nordics @UNmigration ⚠️ Despite fewer arrivals, migrant deaths remain high:.➡️ The @MissingMigrants Project recorded 3,641 dead or missing in 2024.➡️ Most deaths on the Central Med (1,719) & Western African Atlantic (1,166) routes.📉 While deaths decreased from 2023 the toll is likely higher.
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🌍 In 2024, migrant arrivals to Europe dropped by 29%. For the first time in a decade, Italy, Spain & Greece saw nearly the same # of arrivals. 🔻 Biggest drop: Central Med (-58%).🔺 Biggest rise: Western African Atlantic route (+17%).More at #IFMS2025:
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RT @IOM_Nordics: "We have documented more than 75,000 missing migrants across the world.". 📊Since 2014, @UNmigration's @MissingMigrants tri….
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