An Eye on Migration

Migration is a significantly intensified phenomenon/struggle worldwide due to the parallel catastrophes, climate change or violent conflicts. Until the end of 2020, 60million people residing within the EU were non-EU citizens, more than 10% of the EU population. This influx in population challenged the EU systems when it comes to the Humanitarian, Economic and Political aspects. To add to that, the Covid-19 pandemic added more strain to the situation with both attacking the health and safety conditions of the TCNs and tightening the political rope with concerned EU citizens.

Dealing with the consequences of Migration became a priority for the EU institutions in the past years. Being a primary concern for EU citizens, humanitarian organizations & governments, the European Union launched several activities in supporting the migrants, their integration and their living conditions. Despite these actions, migration is a continuous movement and in order to be prepared for future changes the EU launched a new data tool.

The EU as a global actor created a tool, an Atlas on Migration with a reference book for 2021. The data from the Atlas are publicly available worldwide with continuously updated information from 198countries and territories. Specifically it has the following Key features:

  • Worldwide coverage of data for 198 countries and territories: EU member states and 171 non-EU countries and territories

  • Overviews for the five continents, the European Union as aggregate and 18 subcontinental regions complement country factsheets within their regional contests.

  • Brings together harmonised, validated global data from 15 international sources

  • For non-EU Countries and Territories, it covers 34 indicators on demography, migration, asylum, international legal frameworks, drivers of migration such as social conditions, political context, education and labour market and some implications of migration, such as remittances, compared with other financial inflows.

You can find more on the atlas and its purpose on the EU website: https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/atlas-migration_en

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