Our World in Data: Migration Explorer
Explore global data on immigration, refugees and asylum seekers in a new visual dashboard created by Our World in Data using statistics derived from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) sources. It includes migration, refugee and asylum seeker categories. Generate tables graphs and data that can be downloaded for sets of countries or worldwide.
Global Passport Index
Global Citizen solutions have ranked passports in terms ease of doing business, quality of life, and investment opportunities offered to a passport holder. Find out which passports they feel are the best to have. Consult the website for the full methodology.
New Global refugee archive launched…
…online by Brigham Young University. Stories, photos and video will be collected and managed by Their Story is Our Story, which aims to present the experiences of refugees in their own words.
Migration Network Hub
The United Nations Network on Migration was launched recently It aims to provide a place where researcher scan access a variety of resources relating to worldwide migration including labour migration, border control and trafficking. It includes global and regional materials, links to a variety of UN and other major reports, networks of experts, events listings […]
Striking Women
An educational site developed by developed by Dr Sundari Anitha from the University of Lincoln and Professor Ruth Pearson from the University of Leeds in 2013 but worth rediscovering. It covers migration, women and work, workers’ rights, and the story of South Asian women workers during the Grunwick and Gate Gourmet industrial disputes in processing plants in the […]
Modern Slavery Data Stories
Created by the UN University Centre for Policy Research using datasets from the ILO, IOM, Walk Free Foundation, SmartLab, UK Government, Delta 8.7 and the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, this site has visual maps which show the prevalence of modern slavery worldwide and efforts to eliminate it. There are also individual data dashboards. Questions […]
The Elcano Global Presence Index
How do the EU and specific world nations present themselves globally? Try consulting the Elcano Global Presence Index which is a tool for international relations specialists developed by the Fundación Real Instituto Elcano. It uses 3 dimensions: economic (exports and investments) military (troops deployed and the means for it) soft presence (science, technology, migration, tourism, […]
World Day of Social Justice: migrant labour resources
Last month (20th February) was World Day of social Justice. The 2018 theme was workers on the Move. ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization was adopted on 10th June 2008. The official website has related United Nations documents and declarations as well as details of the 2018 events. How many migrant workers are […]
Migration Data Portal
The Portal was launched in December 2017 by IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), with the support of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). It provides an informative and well-designed visualization of statistical data about global migration trends from 1990 onwards. The website also has a tools section which contains a comprehensive searchable database of […]
Migration into Italy and Greece
EVI-MED – Constructing an evidence base of contemporary Mediterranean migrations EVI-MED is a Middlesex University project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It is providing evidence on the nature and impact of migration into Europe focusing mainly on Italy and Greece. Its website will hold search and rescue data, insight from interviews […]
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