Regional Workshop on International Migration Statistics Cairo, Egypt 30/6/2009-3/7/2009

2 Status of International Migration Statistics in the ESCWA Region Fathia AbdelFadil Statistics Division- ESCWA

3 OBJECTIVE To shed lights on the status of data concerning international migration based on the UN-Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration, Rev.1, while: 1.Reconsidering the recommended tabulations 2.Exposing the available tabulations

4 DATA GROUPS Recommended tabulations divided into data groups based on types of data : 1.Statistics on inflows and outflows of international migrants 2.Stock data (place of birth data/citizenship data) 3.Asylum-seekers and refugees statistics

5 GENERAL TABULATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INFLOWS 13 recommended tabulations 6 core tables 1 core table available for one ESCWA country taken from a secondary source as shown Secondary source ILO database Kuwait Years: 1997, 1998, and 2000

6 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS ON INFLOWS OF RETURNING CITIZENS 6 recommended tabulations 2 core tables None available

7 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS ON INFLOWS OF RETURNING CITIZENS WHO WORKED ABROAD 5 recommended tabulations 1 core table None available

8 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS ON INFLOWS OF FOREIGNERS 4 recommended tabulations 1 core table None available

9 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS ON INFLOWS OF FOREIGNERS ALLOWED TO WORK 12 recommended tabulations 2 core tables None available

10 GENERAL TABULATIONS ON OUTFLOWS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS 13 recommended tabulations 6 core tables None available

11 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS ON OUTFLOWS OF CITIZENS 6 recommended tabulations 2 core tables None available

12 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS ON OUTFLOWS OF CITIZENS INTENDING TO WORK 5 recommended tabulations 3 core tables 1 “related” table for one ESCWA country available from a secondary source Secondary source ILO database Egypt Years: 1997 through 2000

13 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS ON OUTFLOWS OF FOREIGNERS 4 recommended tabulations 1 core table None available

14 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS ON OUTFLOWS OF FOREIGNERS WHO WORKED IN THE COUNTRY OF DEPARTURE 5 recommended tabulations 1 core table None available

15 GENERAL TABULATIONS USING BOTH PLACE OF BIRTH AND CITIZENSHIP DATA 3 recommended tabulations 3 are core tables 1 “related” table available both in primary and secondary sources Secondary source UNGMD For all ESCWA countries except for Palestine. Some countries did not disaggregate by age groups.

16 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS USING INFORMATION ON PLACE OF BIRTH DATA 26 recommended tabulations 8 core tables None available

17 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS USING INFORMATION ON CITIZENSHIP (1) 28 recommended tabulations 14 core tables 1 core table for one ESCWA country found in a primary source 3 core “related tables” for some ESCWA countries found in a secondary source

18 SPECIFIC TABULATIONS USING INFORMATION ON CITIZENSHIP (2) Primary source UAE Census disseminated core table Secondary source ILO Database 3 core tables for Bahrain, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia 2 core tables for Kuwait

19 GENERAL TABULATIONS ON ASYLUM- SEEKERS AND REFUGEES 5 recommended tabulations for asylum- seekers where 5 are core 1 recommended table for refugees 1 “related” table for ESCWA countries found in secondary sources Secondary source 2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 1 core table for all ESCWA countries except for Palestine

20 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (1) To understand the dynamics of international migration, its causes and consequences certain crucial questions should be asked and answered, among them the following: Overall net gain/net loss of population through international migration? Annually admitted international migrants? Countries of origin? Citizens emigrating every year? Countries of destination? Emigrants citizens returning every year? From which countries? Migrant workers admitted annually? Persons searching for asylum arriving annually? Refugees? Total number of international migrants in the country? How many are economically active?

21 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (2) Current status of international migration statistics in the ESCWA region: If data is ever available, it is not all disseminated Most available migration data are on immigrants and not emigrants