REVEALING UNDER- AND OVER-COVERAGE IN IRREGULAR MIGRATION STATISTICS
REVEALING UNDER- AND OVER-COVERAGE IN IRREGULAR MIGRATION STATISTICS

Author(s): Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar, Tuba Bircan
Subject(s): Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Summary/Abstract: For many years, the academic literature has highlighted significant issues in migration statistics, both within and across countries. The data is often incomplete, unreliable, and inaccurate in a variety of categories of migration, particularly irregular migration. Other challenges in migration data include a lack of standard definitions across categories, under-documentation of migration motivations, and even a miscomprehension of migrants’ choice for a specific destination.

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