1. International, internal migration and ethno-cultural characteristics: Proposed changes to CES recommendations UNECE Task Force on migration and ethno- cultural characteristics Geneva, 30 September – 3 October 2013

2. Overview Chapter on Migration Characteristics – Discussion of proposed changes: Jane Badets Chapter on Ethno-cultural Characteristics – Discussion of proposed changes: Ian White

3. International and Internal Migration: overview of results In general, migratory movements are complex and can be difficult to capture in a single data set (such as the census or a register); Most countries are collecting some information on this topic, whether traditional census-based or register-based; Most commonly collected: country of citizenship, country of birth and information on internal migrants;

4. International and Internal Migration: overview of results (cont’d) Recommendations are not always clear in terms of distinguishing between international and internal migrants for some topics: – Ever resided abroad and year of arrival in the country – Previous place of usual residence and date of arrival in the current place Some confusion over temporal- like concepts (e.g. year and month of arrival) and whether total duration of residence in the county should/could be derived.

5. International and Internal Migration: overview of proposed changes Current recommendations are quite comprehensive, covering a range of topics; No major change to which topics are core and non- core: although some non-core topics were collected by a large number of countries; No new topic emerged to be added to the list of current topics; Proposed changes focus on: – clarifying concepts; – providing guidance related to the reporting of such items as dual/multiple citizenships, year of arrival, etc.

6. International and Internal Migration: areas of proposed changes Population groups relevant to international migration: Propose removing the term “foreigner”: focus on concepts of foreign-born/native-born; citizens/non-citizens; permanent/temporary residence status, where appropriate. Country of birth: Most use the UN Statistical Division classification; of those who did not the classification prescribed by the EU Census Regulations was used. “Former“ countries an issue in terms of coding, but no clear solution?

7. International and Internal Migration: areas of proposed changes (cont’d) Country of citizenship: Concept of citizenship collected varied; Many collect information on dual/multiple citizenships; Suggestion to follow Eurostat guidelines, and report according to “first” and “second” citizenship: But how easy would this be to collect? Ever resided abroad and year of arrival: Need to clarify that these concepts refer to international migrants, as well as returning nationals; Suggest that different concepts could be collected for year of arrival, such as the year of immigration or the year permanent residency was granted. County of previous usual residence abroad: Should this be a core topic as large number of countries now collect it?

8. International and Internal Migration: areas of proposed changes (cont’d) Total duration of residence in the country: Intended to capture duration of residence for multiple or circular migrants; Question whether this information can be derived (as suggested by the current Recommendations)? Previous place of usual residence and date of arrival in the current place: Clarification needed to distinguish this concept from “Ever resided abroad and year of arrival”; Reduced vs. extended mode: misses some migratory movements; countries need guidance on the fact that one or the other mode could be collected (not all countries collect both modes).

9. International and Internal Migration: areas of proposed changes (cont’d) Year and month of arrival in the current place: Confusion with year of arrival in the country concept; Should this concept be removed, and expanded if necessary in the description of year of arrival in the country concept? Reason for migration: A number of countries collect this information (census-based); Often multiple reasons were collected; Reasons were expanded slightly to reflect the information collected. Remaining non-core topics (e.g. birthplace of parents; citizenship acquisition): no changes recommended.

10. International and Internal Migration: areas of proposed changes (concluded) No new topics emerged, some countries raised these topics: – Emigration; – Length of intended stay to distinguish short vs. long-term international migrants; – Birthplace of grandparents; – Was the work performed by immigrants in line with their qualifications; – Issues with people born before the Second World War, yet treated as foreign-born because of boundary changes.

11. Ethno-cultural Characteristics: Ian to add his slides