Overview   Migration and Demography

Today marks the International Day of Family Remittances. As the world deals with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, a new JRC report describes how falling remittances could remove a major source of income for people in several African countries.

Low wages, lack of job security and social protection make migrant workers more vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The JRC joined forces with the IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and The GovLab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, to launch a new online knowledge platform to inform the global response to migration.

The current coronavirus pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to most European countries. A JRC analysis highlights the critical contribution of migrant workers to the ongoing effort to keep basic services running in the European Union during the coronavirus pandemic.

In this report, the KCMD adopted a new perspective to investigate the complex relationship between voting preferences and attitudes towards migration across the EU. In particular, the project investigates the importance of territorial contexts in shaping opinions and electoral behaviours in all 28 Member States of the EU. It does so by analysing Eurobarometer data from 2011 to 2019 and mapping votes in the 2019 European Parliament elections at different geographical resolutions. The findings offer useful insights to improve our understanding of the complex interplay between perceived and/or actual socio-economic realities, demographic change and migration. Doing so enables us to better understand their impact on politics and the extent to which they affect trust in the EU. (Photo credit: © European Union, 1995-2020)

On the 4th February 2020, KCMD launched its latest Science for Policy Report "Immigration and trust in the EU: a territorial analysis of voting behaviour and attitudes"

The advanced prototype of an innovative board game on migration, developed by the JRC Innovation Lab and the KCMD in collaboration with EMN, will be presented at the Forum.

This International Migrants’ Day, the Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography launches an online, interactive atlas with the latest migration data for 198 countries and territories worldwide.

The Population Association of America’s annual meeting is a premier conference of demographers and social and health scientists from the United States and abroad. Here senior, mid- and early-career demographers are afforded the opportunity to present their research in oral and poster sessions, hear of others’ findings, and network with their peers. Since PAA’s first conference in 1930, much important research has been presented on topics ranging from migration to sexual reproductive health to race and gender issues.

The OECD High-Level Policy Forum on Building a Whole-of-Society Approach to Emerging Migration and Integration Challenges will take place in Paris at OECD headquarters on 16 January 2020. It will precede a ministerial conference on migration and integration on 17 January 2020. The High-Level Policy Forum will consist of a number of interactive sessions, with a diverse set of speakers including several ministers in charge of integration. The OECD aims to have a wide audience from different stakeholders across the globe, including from the European Union. All information—including the link for registration and the ‘call for innovative projects’ (which will be showcased during the Forum)—is available on the event website.

KCMD under the Data & Analyses Workshop Session: 'The local dimension of integration in EU urban and rural areas: How data and analyses can contribute to policy-making'

Questions for discussion include:  What unresolved questions do policymakers face in their everyday work?  What key evidence-based insights can existing research provide in response to these questions?  At what point and how could existing research findings best feed into policymaking at EU and national level?  What critical knowledge gaps remain from a policy as well as an academic perspective? When and how could a closer collaboration between policymakers and researchers be helpful to fill these gaps?

Towards a new programme (2020-24) for EU migration and asylum policies 20 years after the Tampere conclusions?

KCMD participation to 'Youth migration and technology: enabling opportunity over risk' panel

Migration can shape how a child grows up and has an impact on children’s identity, development and well-being. The new report "Data on Children in Migration" brings together information and analyses available from various sources – including Eurostat and national records – to make EU-wide estimates on the numbers of child migrants.