International Migration
Purpose
To produce consistent and annual international migration data for OECD member countries and some non-member countries and ensure methodological soundness and comparability of international migration data.
Objectives and outputs
Updating and extending the International Migration Database available via OECD.Stat and publishing an extensive statistical annex in the annual report "International Migration Outlook" (IMO), which contains the most recent available data on migration flows, foreign and immigrant populations, foreign workers, naturalisations and foreign students.
• Producing and improving standardised long-term and temporary inflows series by category and publishing in the IMO and OECD.Stat. Categories for long-term flows include work, family, humanitarian, free circulation; Categories for temporary workers include students, trainees, seasonal workers, working holiday makers, intra-company transfers.
• Updating the Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries (DIOC) for the years 2005/06.
Publication of the OECD SEM Working Paper "Are Recent Immigrants Different? A New Profile of Immigrants in the OECD (DIOC 2005/06)".
• The current version of DIOC-E (release 3.0) covers information on 32 OECD and 68 non-OECD destination countries, including country of birth, sex, educational attainment level, age, labour force status and occupation. Dissemination of DIOC-E (release 3.0) and publication of the OECD Working Paper "International Migrants in Developed, Emerging and Developing Countries: An Extended Profile" (see www.oecd.org/migration/dioc/extended).
Publication "Global Profile of Diasporas. How to better mobilise migrant skills" (forthcoming)
• Collection of thematic indicators of integration of immigrants and their children for a publication.
Non-member countries involved in the activity:
Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Other, Peru, Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Serbia, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela.
Databases
Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries (DIOC)
Database on international migration statistics
Standardised migration flows
Main Developments for 2012
General aspects:
Project to disseminate quarterly statistics on labour market outcomes of imigrants.
Develop mechanims to improve and streamline the production of the harmonised statistics.
Release of the update of DIOC 2005/06.
Publication on the indicators of integration of immigrants and their children.
Data collection:
Development of Sicremi network.
Data collection:
In 2012, a new data collection will be launched (DIOC 2010/11) in collaboration with STD. National Institutes for Statistics in OECD countries and other main destination countries will be contacted to update DIOC with population register data and 2010/11 census data.
Data collection:
Development of the dataset with subcategories inside the main work/family/study/humanitarian and others.
Development of the dataset by country of origin and gender.
Data collection:
Project to disseminate these statistics quarterly.
Data collection:
Plan to implement a network of correspondents to collect data on migration in Asia on a regular basis.
Population Projections
Purpose
Maintain a population projections database to achieve transparency in the use of population projections within OECD.
Objectives and outputs
Expanision of the database.
Non-member countries involved in the activity:
Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa, World.
Databases
MEI SQL
Main Developments for 2012
General aspects:
Update the database with UN revised data for the non-member countries data and national statistical sites for members countries data.