TY - JOUR
T1 - International migration under the microscope
AU - Willekens, F.J.
AU - Massey, D.
AU - Raymer, J.
AU - Beauchemin, C.
N1 - Article on the Policy Forum/International Migration of Science.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Although humanitarian crises, such as the ongoing mass exodus from Syria toward Europe, tend to focus global attention on migration, each year millions of people migrate to and from affected countries throughout the world. Progress has been made in understanding drivers of migration, and we have relatively good data on immigrant populations, but we lack information on how many people leave their country each year to settle elsewhere and who these emigrants are. The impact of migration on the individual and on sending and receiving communities and countries is only partly understood. Economic effects can be very different from the impacts on society and culture; some gain from migration, whereas others lose. The lack of knowledge creates systemic risks and uncertainties and frustrates public debate and the formation of effective policies. As high-level leaders convene to discuss such issues at the first United Nations World Humanitarian Summit, we outline priorities for migration data collection, research, and training.
AB - Although humanitarian crises, such as the ongoing mass exodus from Syria toward Europe, tend to focus global attention on migration, each year millions of people migrate to and from affected countries throughout the world. Progress has been made in understanding drivers of migration, and we have relatively good data on immigrant populations, but we lack information on how many people leave their country each year to settle elsewhere and who these emigrants are. The impact of migration on the individual and on sending and receiving communities and countries is only partly understood. Economic effects can be very different from the impacts on society and culture; some gain from migration, whereas others lose. The lack of knowledge creates systemic risks and uncertainties and frustrates public debate and the formation of effective policies. As high-level leaders convene to discuss such issues at the first United Nations World Humanitarian Summit, we outline priorities for migration data collection, research, and training.
KW - international migration
KW - lack of knowledge
KW - JCR
UR - http://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_press/news/press/we_dont_know_nearly_enough_about_migration_4658.htm
U2 - 10.1126/science.aaf6545
DO - 10.1126/science.aaf6545
M3 - Article
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 352
SP - 897
EP - 899
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6288
ER -