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Population Division Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations 20 February 2014
Making migration work: an eight-point agenda for action (A/67/254)
(Number (and %) of Member States referring to the Secretary-General’s eight-point agenda in the plenary (N=93))
- 81%
- 70%
- 66%
- 58%
- 34%
- 30%
- 15%
- 13%
Policy Priorities(Number of Member States referring to different policy priorities in the plenary (N=93))
Common set of indicators for Migration Profiles
Twelfth Coordination Meeting on International MigrationNew York, 20-21 February 2014
Bela HovyMigration Section, Population Division
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)United Nations
Common set of indicators for Migration Profiles
Requested by GFMD in order to “facilitate international comparisons” (2011)
Implemented by GMG (working group on data and research) - DESA’s Population Division with UNICEF
Information collected from wide range of sources (UN/DESA, World Bank/IMF, UNDP, UNESCO, etc.)
Prepared for all countries Available on website; regularly updated
United Nations, Population Division/DESA
Migration ProfilesPart I - adoption of legal instruments related to international migration
Part II - demographic indicators, including (a) population estimates and projections, (b) rates of population change, and (c) effect of net migration on population change
Part III - development indicators, including life expectancy, GDP per capita, remittances, and other
Part IV - international migrant stock by sex and age, country of origin and destination, refugee population, and tertiary students studying abroad
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154175
221 232
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
2.9% 2.8%
3.2% 3.2%
Proportion of migrants in total population 309378
3313.7%
4.5%3.9%
1990 2000 2010 2013
The number of international migrants continues to increase (in millions)
2030
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90-2
000
grow
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te
2000
-201
0 gr
owth
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2010
-201
3 gr
owth
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Numbers of international migrants by origin and destination, 1990-2013
(in millions)
South-North
South-SouthNorth-North
North-South
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
1990 2000 2010 2013
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The number of countries experiencing population decline will increase
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Change in population size by main demographic component, 1990-2010
Decreased mainly due to natural changeDecreased mainly due to net migrationIncreased mainly due to net migrationIncreased mainly due to natural change
Change in population size by main demographic component, 2010-2050
Net migration the only driver of population growth in developed countries (millions)
-200
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1950
-60
1960
-70
1970
-80
1980
-90
1990
-00
2000
-10
2010
-20
2020
-30
2030
-40
2040
-50
net change natural increasenet migration
-30
-10
10
30
50
70
90
110
1950
-60
1960
-70
1970
-80
1980
-90
1990
-00
2000
-10
2010
-20
2020
-30
2030
-40
2040
-50
net change natural increasenet migration
Developing Developed
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Status of ratification of legal instruments
020406080
100120140160180
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
1951 Status of Refugees 1967 Protocol Status of Refugees1949 ILO migration for employment 1975 ILO migrant workers1990 Rights of All Migrant workers 2000 Trafficking in persons2000 Smuggling of migrants 2011 ILO Domestic Workers
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Distribution of States Parties to legal instruments on international migration
(percentages)
0102030405060708090
100
Africa Asia Europe LAC NA Oceania
1951 Refugee Convention 2000 Human Trafficking Protocol1990 Migrant Workers Convention
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Perc
enta
ge
Age
Young people constitute a major proportion of international migrants
Distribution of migrant inflows by age to selected countries in Europe, 2008-2009 average
DenmarkNetherlandsGermanyNorwaySwedenSloveniaItaly
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Interactive map by El País
http://elpais.com/especiales/2014/planeta-futuro/mapa-de-migraciones/
Thank you
http://www.unmigration.org