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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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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)

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Numbers of international migrants by origin and destination, 1990-2013

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The number of countries experiencing population decline will increase


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)

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Status of ratification of legal instruments

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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


Distribution of States Parties to legal instruments on international migration

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1951 Refugee Convention 2000 Human Trafficking Protocol1990 Migrant Workers Convention


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Young people constitute a major proportion of international migrants

Distribution of migrant inflows by age to selected countries in Europe, 2008-2009 average

DenmarkNetherlandsGermanyNorwaySwedenSloveniaItaly


Interactive map by El País

http://elpais.com/especiales/2014/planeta-futuro/mapa-de-migraciones/

Thank you

http://www.unmigration.org

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