Book Description

Gives the background of the THESIM project of the European Commission to improve the quality, coverage and comparability of migration and asylum statistics. Contains country reports from the 25 EU member States on the registration and provision of statistics relating to the resident population, international migrants and aliens, and acquisition of citizenship. Appends the UN recommendations on international migration statistics, and the Joint Eurostat, UNSD, UNECE, ILO and Council of Europe Questionnaire on migration statistics, and a list of migration databases of international bodies.