(Homepage)
HOW
MANY UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS LIVE IN EUROPE?
To
be able to develop effective policies, policy makers need reliable data. This is
also the case for policies regarding irregular migration.
Collecting
data regarding undocumented migrants is however very problematic. It is not
possible to give exact numbers since undocumented migration is by its very
nature uncountable.
PICUM
presents on this page some indications, references made to numbers in recent
research and publications.
We
hope these data can provide a
source of information for current migration policy debates in Europe.
"World Economic
and Social Survey 2004", UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
This
survey published in November 2004 contains references to numbers of unauthorized
migrants in Chapter II.
Sizing
the illegally resident population in the UK
The
aim of this study is to review methodologies that are being used in
different countries to estimate the stock of undocumented migrants, followed by
an assessment of their applicability to the UK situation.
Figures used by the European Union: CIREFI
CIREFI is established by the EU,
one of its tasks is to collect data on undocumented migrants.
Figures used by the European Union : The European Commission on numbers
of undocumented migrants
In
its Study on the link between legal and illegal migration of June 2004, the
European Commission addresses the difficult issue of ‘numbers’.
Numbers from regularisation campaigns
We are currently preparing an overview of recent
regularisation campaigns, including numbers of files submitted and numbers of
people regularised.