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As the role of international migration in the modern world increases, its considerable scale and impact, both positive and negative, needs meaningful and, most importantly, informed policymaking. To manage the volume and direction of migration, the integration of migrants into the host community, the presence of foreigners in the labour market of a receiving country, or vice versa, participation of nationals of a sending country in the workforce of foreign States, etc., requires comprehensive statistics showing not only the current situation, but also trends over a period of time. The data should not only reflect the scale of migration, but also needs to be disaggregated by key variables (citizenship, gender, age, skills and occupations, etc.) to reflect the structure of flows and stocks of international migrants. A key role of migration statistics is that, on the one hand, they suggest which aspects of the migration process need regulation and, on the other hand, they allow for the evaluation of the effectiveness of decisions already taken and the addition, if required, of necessary adjustments.
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