Checklist for addressing the relevance of migration data

✓ sufficient data for informing SDG indicators 10.7.2., 10.7.3., and 17.18

✓ political will and commitment to collecting, analysing, and disseminating migration data

✓ strategy for disaggregating by migratory status & socio-demographic & economic indicators

✓ integration of items for measuring migration into population censuses

✓ household surveys with items formulated based on international standards and guidelines

✓ availability of administrative data and anonymized micro-data on migration

✓ private sector partnerships for gaining access to ‘big data’ while ensuring data protection

✓ a national strategy and action plan for migration data capacity-building. The Migration Governance Indicators (MGI, discussed in chapter 2) is a good resource to catalyse momentum for such an effort.