A/RES/73/195
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
measure migrant stocks and flows, and documenting migration patterns and trends,
characteristics of migrants, as well as drivers and impacts of migration;
(c) Develop a global programme to build and enhance national capacities in
data collection, analysis and dissemination to share data, address data gaps and assess
key migration trends, that encourages collaboration between relevant stakeholders at
all levels, provides dedicated training, financial support and technical assistance,
leverages new data sources, including big data, and is reviewed by the Statistical
Commission on a regular basis;
(d) Collect, analyse and use data on the effects and benefits of migration, as
well as the contributions of migrants and diasporas to sustainable development, with
a view to informing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and related strategies and programmes at the local, national, regional
and global levels;
(e) Support further development of and collaboration between existing global
and regional databases and depositories, including the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) Global Migration Data Portal and the World Bank Global
Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, with a view to systematically
consolidating relevant data in a transparent and user-friendly manner, while
encouraging inter-agency collaboration to avoid duplication;
(f) Establish and strengthen regional centres for research and training on
migration or migration observatories, such as the African Observatory for Migration
and Development, to collect and analyse data in line with Uni ted Nations standards,
including on best practices, the contributions of migrants, the overall economic, social
and political benefits and challenges of migration in countries of origin, transit and
destination, as well as drivers of migration, with a view to establishing shared
strategies and maximizing the value of disaggregated migration data, in coordination
with existing regional and subregional mechanisms;
(g) Improve national data collection by integrating migration-related topics
into national censuses, as early as practicable, such as on country of birth, country of
birth of parents, country of citizenship, country of residence five years prior to the
census, most recent arrival date and reason for migrating, to ensure timely analysis
and dissemination of results, disaggregated and tabulated in accordance with
international standards, for statistical purposes;
(h) Conduct household, labour force and other surveys to collect information
on the social and economic integration of migrants or add stand ard migration modules
to existing household surveys to improve national, regional and international
comparability, and make collected data available through public use of statistical
microdata files;
(i) Enhance collaboration between State units responsible for migration data
and national statistical offices to produce migration-related statistics, including by
using administrative records for statistical purposes, such as border records, visas,
resident permits, population registers and other relevant so urces, while upholding the
right to privacy and protecting personal data;
(j) Develop and use country-specific migration profiles, which include
disaggregated data on all migration-relevant aspects in a national context, including
those on labour market needs, demand for and availability of skills, the economic,
environmental and social impacts of migration, remittance transfer costs, health,
education, occupation, living and working conditions, wages, and the needs of
migrants and receiving communities, in order to develop evidence-based migration
policies;
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