Checklist for increasing the returns of investing in migration data

✓ national migration data strategy based on issue identification and a data needs assessment

✓ data for assessing the implementation and the outcomes of migration policies

✓ evidence on the impact of migration policies on migrants and origin & destination countries

✓ systematic review of the data underpinning all migration policy proposals

✓ humanitarian interventions and development projects that are based on timely data

✓ tools and studies for predicting the future of migration and its impact on society

✓ thresholds for determining when population movements require emergency intervention