Using administrative sources and migration
databases for statistics generation
IOM Migration Information Systems
UNECE Workshop, Minsk 28-29, 2015
By Zeynal HAJIYEV
IOM Belarus Chief of Mission
IOM Globally and in Belarus
• Established in 1951 (156 Member and 10
Observer States, over 400 field offices);
• Belarus joined IOM in 1994 as an observer and
and then also as a full fledge member (2005);
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IOM Globally And in Belarus
• IOM acts to:
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assist in meeting operational challenges of migration management
Advance understanding of migration issues
Encourage social and economic development through migration
Uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants
• In Belarus, IOM operates in areas such as:
– Migration and Border Management
– Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
– Migration health / Movements / Assisted Voluntary Return and
Reintegration
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In this presentation:
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Some Important Points
Sources of migration data
Data challenges for migration policy makers
Practical solutions: migration information
systems developed by IOM
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Migration statistics
Some Important Points
•Despite the belief that in most parts of the world, international migration is
strongly regulated, challenges linked with migration are growing;
•Accurate data and statistics on international migration are needed to plan for
and provide budgetary support to migration related administrative and policy
measures;
•Accurate data can correct potential misinformation in public debate and
policy making regarding migration: “EVIDENCE BASED POLICIES VRS POLICY
BIASED EVIDENCES”;
•Data on population, including immigrants, is needed primarily for social
infrastructure: roads, schools, hospitals, housing.
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Migration statistics – sources of migration data
• Four main sources of migration data available to
National Statistics Offices:
– Administrative registers, such as population registers, or
registers kept on foreigners in the country
– Other administrative sources, such as databases created on
issuance of work permits, residence permits, or asylum
– Border statistics, derived from collection of information at
ports of entry into and departure from a country
– Household-based inquiries such as population censuses, or
other household surveys
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AVRR statistics through MiMOSA
Data challenges for migration policy makers
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The availability of migration data is unpredictable and unsystematic;
Accuracy, or how well the data reflects reality, can be difficult to achieve
due to a host of factors;
The comprehensiveness of international migration data depends upon
the extent to which data is regularly collected and compiled.
Timeliness of data is a crucial factor when crafting migration policies.
Comparability refers to the challenge of establishing common migration
terminology and definitions among States.
The issue of confidentiality is an important consideration in the
collection and sharing of data.
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Information Systems developed by IOM
• MiMOSA (Migrant Management & Operational
System Application)
• Displacement tracking
• Migrant death report / missing migrant project
• MIDAS and its capacities to generate statistics
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MIMOSA
• MiMOSA is a web application developed to streamline migrant
processing, improve data quality, security, and reporting
• MiMOSA is the global application used by IOM to record
migrant biographic and demographic information required for
case processing and services for:
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Assisted Voluntary Returns,
Counter Trafficking
Medical (health) assessments
Movement activities
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MiMOSA: Objectives
Streamline User Experience
-User friendly screens
-Data entered in one place
-Standardized process
Tighten Information Security
-User Roles to manage information access
-Improved Data Validation
-Consolidation of Databases
Enhance Reporting
-Rationalize number of reports within the system
-Standard Reporting approach across Activities
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MIMOSA
• Reduces data processing
time
• Reduce data duplication
• Process streamlining
through incorporating
standard forms and
procedures
Operational
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Data
Management
• Pipeline management
• Quantitative reports
• Quality control (single
data source)
• Case based reporting
• Internal (between IOM
offices in sending and
receiving countries)
• External (interface with
migrant receiving
countries)
Data Sharing
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Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)
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Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)
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Migrant death report
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Migrant death report
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Introduction to MIDAS
• IOM’s border management information system (BMIS)
• Electronic/IT based system to record information on temporary and
permanent migrants
• Available to states with no or inadequate border system to
equip themselves with tools to manage migration
• Affordable, flexible and basic system with some advanced tools like
capacity to take biometrics
• High-quality performance suitable for installation in remote
areas, at all types of ports of entry
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Why use BMIS/MIDAS?
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To support the day-to-day migration process through:
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To use travel data to create immigration intelligence in
order to:
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Correlating entry and exit records, identifying those who overstay;
Identifying those on alert/stop lists and preventing entry;
Supporting efforts to enforce international conventions on transnational crime.
Evaluate effectiveness of any current policies;
Create new or strengthen existing policies on permanent or temporary
migration, on regular and irregular arrivals.
To connect migration, customs, enforcement systems in
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Facilitate legitimate travel and trade;
Support comprehensive approach to border management.
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What is MIDAS?
• A BMIS that allows for the collection, processing, storage and
dissemination of travelers’ biographic & biometric
information
• Microsoft-based
• Extracts and stores traveler data from Machine Readable Travel documents;
supports manual entry as well
• Collects and verifies fingerprints
• Allows for creation and use of automated alert lists
• Allows generation of customized reports, by origin, port of entry or purpose of
travel
• Can be connected to other national or international systems :
– Customs, national police, Interpol
• Not a competitor to existing products
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MIDAS Structure
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Before/After MIDAS
Before MIDAS
After MIDAS
Paper files, no
automated
transfer or
storage
Data stored on
computer and
MIDAS server,
shared with HQ,
border posts,
other domestic
agencies
No checking
domestic or
international
alert lists;
manual
interactions
Automated data
capture and
checks of
domestic and
international
alert lists
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MIDAS Sample Screen
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What IOM Can Provide
• Border Assessments
• Installation of MIDAS hardware and software
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Border infrastructure
• buildings, power supply, furnishings
Equipment at and connections between headquarters and border posts
• Workstations
• Fingerprint readers, passport scanners
• Servers
Connections to other national systems
• MIDAS IT expertise
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Customization of the software to suit local needs
• Languages, style of reports
Post-installation support for a year for minor troubleshooting
Additional post-installation support at cost
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What IOM Can Provide, cont.
• Training and Development
• Basic IT skills for border and headquarters officers
• Maintenance and support of the hardware and software for IT
Administrators
• Budgeting and managing IT systems
• Assessing costs to maintain the system; maintenance schedules
• Using border data to develop migration policy and to manage the
border
• Risk assessments; creating and using alert lists
• Document fraud
• Data management, privacy protection
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MIDAS Installations
• MIDAS or some of its components has been
installed in 20 countries
• 17 in Africa, 1 in South America, 2 in Central Europe
• Land, air and sea ports, and headquarters
• MIDAS and I/24-7 can connect
• MIND devices have been installed at MIDAS border posts in
Tanzania, Belize and Djibouti
• IOM and INTERPOL have successfully connected the systems, but
• Challenges with updating MIND devices in remote locations
• More could be done to provide training to deal with “hits”
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Thank You