Geneva, April 2010 Joint UNECE/Eurostat Work Session on Migration Statistics Migration Statistics Mainstreaming Katarzyna Kraszewska European Commission, DG Eurostat

Statistical mainstreaming of migration A realistic and necessary response:  to the policy mainstreaming of migration (a direct parallel to policy mainstreaming)  to the evolving demands for social and economic data on migrants An assurance that the needs for information on migrants are taken into account across a wide range of social and economic statistics

Development and implementation of a programme for the statistical mainstreaming of migration an outline plan that included initial proposals for the statistical mainstreaming of migration and the development of social and economic data on migrants was proposed October the Directors General of the European Union National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) agreed the Malta Declaration on the Mainstreaming of Migration in official statistics

Malta Declaration: Mainstreaming of Migration in official statistics (adopted in October 2009) Policy context: 5 year Stockholm Programme on strategic priorities in justice and home affairs (adopted in December 2009) What should be measured?  Extent of migration (flows and stocks)  Drivers of migration  Integration of migrants Challenges:  Integrated response comprising different data sources  Overcoming barriers in using administrative data  Harmonisation of concepts and definitions  International exchange of data First practical steps:  Establish a Task Force on Migration Statistic Mainstreaming  Develop: a conceptual framework for the mainstreaming of migration statistics and a work programme for the development of European statistics on migration 4

Conceptual Framework A set of organising principles relating to user needs, priorities, statistical concepts and definitions Illustrates:  migration flows together with related monetary flows  migration stocks with the detailed information on different target groups and an appropriate set of variables essential to identify different definitions of ‘migrants’  statistical process focused on the meaningful integration of data from different sources, as well as the exchange of data and information on best practices 5

Conceptual Framework (cont.) Migration flows Migration pathways Duration: Short term migrants Long term migrants Legality: Legal migrants Undocumented migrants Reasons for migration: Employment Family Study Retirement Asylum seekers Migration pathways Dimensions of migration/types of migrants WORLD EUROPEAN UNION Country ACountry BCountry C Intra – E U mobility Immigration Emigration EUROPEAN UNION 6

WORLD EUROPEAN UNION Country ACountry BCountry C Workers' remittances (e.g. transmitted by migrant workers to their families in the country of origin) Transfers of money from country of origin (e.g. for the unestablished migrants) Social security transfers/pensions Student financial support/tuition fees (from the country of origin) Types of remittances, senders and receivers/ types of remittances Monetary flows EUROPEAN UNION Conceptual Framework (cont.) Migration flows (cont.) Related monetary flows 7

Foreigners Third country nationals Second generation migrants Native born Foreign born Non-EU born EU born Nationals at birth Nationals through acquisition Conceptual Framework (cont.) Migration stocks Target groups 8

Non-native born Foreigners Nationals through acquisition Recent arrivals Third country nationals Target groups Variables Second generation migrants Country of birth Country of citizenship Parents' country of birth Citizenship at birth Year of arrival Conceptual Framework (cont.) Migration stocks (cont.) Target groups and related variables 9

DATA SOURCES Existing harmonized data sources  Census  LFS  EU-SILC  Ad-hoc modules  Resident permits statistics  Balance of payments Potential national data sources  Education registers  Health care administration data  Social protection data  Benefits  Specific migrant surveys... DATA OUTPUT  Demographic characteristics  Education  Employment  Income  Living conditions  Health  Social inclusion  Integration  Remittances...  Integration of data sources - linking - matching  Estimation  Exchange of data between countries STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Conceptual Framework (cont.) Statistical process Data/Treatment 10

Work Programme A set of actions which can be undertaken to develop migration statistics to better meet the evolving policy needs for information on migration and migrants Developments based on integrated approach Coherence with the work on re-engineering of social statistics 11

12 Work Programme (cont.) Proposed Actions Adapting existing data sources  Adapting methodology of existing surveys  Developing special migrant questions/modules attached to existing surveys  Further development of residence permit statistics Developing new data sources  Developing the statistical use of administrative data  Establishing new targeted migrant survey/surveys Definitions, concepts and methods  Priority target groups  Mechanisms for integrating data from different sources Improving communication and cooperation with policy makers  Joint meetings – at national and European level Developing data sharing between national systems  Data sharing between origin and destination countries

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