Explore the research done at Essex by members of the CTAR

Interesting project from OECD using data from national sources from 2000/01 at 5 year intervals, now extended to OECD countries. Includes variables like education/skill level of emigrants, as well as demographic age and gender, duration of stay, labour market outcomes (labour market status, occupations, sectors of activity), fields of study.

Interesting databases from now defunct International Migration Institute (Oxford University), recording migration flows from early 1800s- and policy changes enacted by 45 countries (1945-2013). See also Migration Oxford for further resources.

EU project to monitor, document & compare statelessness across EU countries. Includes Statelessness Index.

Collaborative open access project to bring together datasets & analysis relating to all aspects of humanitarian work.

Established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council, the IDMC is a leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide. Its website has a wealth of full text reports, and statistics on population displacement associated with conflict (1998-) or natural hazards (2008-) available through IDMC Global Internal Displacement Database.

UN affiliated body. Offers Migration law database and extensive Migration Data Portal launched end 2017.
Flagship publication: World migration report 2000- (& online 2000-) JV 6001.W6 and Online.

Founded in 2001 & based in Washington DC, the MPI publishes high quality research on all aspects of migration

Based at the University of Oxford. Its database Forced Migration Online contains full-text reports, journal articles & research guides (not updated after Oct. 2017).

The leading database of information about refugees, international migration and asylum-seekers. Maintained by the UNHCR (see below). Free access to country profiles, maps, international and national treaties and legislation, policy decisions and other documents.

TSOS, hosted by Brigham Young University is an archive of refugee stories, photos and videos, presenting the experiences of refugees in their own words

UN refugee agency offers extensive resources via its website, notably publications (including flagship publications: Asylum trends, Global report, State of the world's refugees) and statistics (1950-). Also its RefWorld country resource (see above). Has also developed Rights Mapping & Analysis Platform (RiMAP) - https://rimap.unhcr.org/user/login?destination=/countries - providing information about laws & policies on refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs in countries around the world

Publications plus datasets, including:
Global migration database Database (registration required) covers all countries, 1990- at intervals
International migration flows to & from selected countries Database (1980-) 43 countries. Emigrants, immigrants, residence, citizenship
International migration report 2002 JV 6001.I6 and Online 2006-
International migrant stock Database (1990-)

Well-established (1996-) programme with an excellent series of publications

Portal to a range of publications, projects, networks and datasets relating to EU policies on migration

NAPP harmonises & disseminates 19th & early 20th century census microdata from Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the US, enabling the linking of individuals between censuses for longitudinal analysis

Official EU database that offers potential for statistical analysis of high-skilled migration within Europe from the late 1990s onwards

Independent body funded by the Home Office to advise the government on migration issues

Interesting project mapping surnames to places in the UK