Child Migration in National Surveys

Migration has acquired increasing importance globally in recent years. However, there has remained a paucity of adequate data on the numbers and characteristics of migrants. Indeed, it has been widely acknowledged that improving the availability and the quality of data is essential in order to develop well-informed and well-designed migration policies. This applies in both the areas of adult and child migration.In an attempt to fill the existing gap in the availability and use of quantitative data on child migration, the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty (Migration DRC) has developed a unique catalogue of existing national-level household surveys and censuses in developing countries.This collection of household surveys andcensuses contains information on and access to data that can be used to analyse child migration; it forms an integral part of the Migration in National Surveys (MiNS) catalogue4 created by the Migration DRC.