Although focusing on the specific context of migration processes in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, on the plan of examples, it is of general utility to everyone dealing with statistics on international migration.

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Definitions and concepts in international migration statistics
3. Main categories in international migration statistics: flows and stocks
4. Main indicators of migration
5. Sources of migration statistics
5.1 Censuses and population surveys
5.2 Administrative sources
5.3 Data collected at the borders
6. Collecting data on special categories of migrants
6.1 Labour migration
6.2 Forced migration
6.3 Measuring emigration
6.4 Measuring irregular migration
7. Available sources and necessary data: a check-list for each country
8. Presenting and understanding migration statistics: how to avoid mistakes
8.1 Presenting the data
8.2 Translation challenges
8.3 Understanding statistics
8.4 The Importance of knowing metadata
9. Providing access to statistics
10. International sources of migration statistics
11. Concluding remarks
12. References
13. Self-check questions