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

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Level of responses (1995-2004)
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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
  

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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• Thank you!