HumMingBird: Enhanced migration measures from a multidimensional perspective
Drivers
Funding
Horizon Europe
Geographic focus
Africa, Asia, Europe
Dates
1 December 2019 –
31 May 2024
About
Mapping, understanding and forecasting changing migration flows.
Key Findings
- Big data provide important and detailed ‘real-time’ information about migration patterns at relatively low cost. Both the European Commission and Member States should invest in more systematic data collection from these sources.
- Nowcasting and forecasting models based on big data and AI can yield fairly accurate figures about emerging migration flows, but these models are also less theory-driven.
- The ethical and responsible use of big data on migration is essential in future research as well as in the monitoring of migration by public authorities.
- Irregular migration is not only problematic for receiving countries; it also involves very high physical and mental costs.
- News media contribute significantly to shaping attitudes towards migration. Positive narratives and reliable information strengthen trust and reduce fear.
- Push and pull factors will likely persist in the future. Restrictive migration policies will at best discourage some potential migrants while simultaneously producing significant negative side-effects.
- Restrictive immigration policies tend to create a vicious circle of exclusion that reinforces fear and separation. Inclusive policies, in contrast, create a virtuous circle of integration.
Highlighted Publications and Tools
- Policy Brief – key findings on migration dynamics and policy recommendations
- Policy Brief – inventory of existing migration statistics
- Policy Brief – addressing the international migration data gaps
- Policy Brief – alternative migration indicators based on big data
- Policy Brief – effects of migration policies on migration trends and integration outcomes
- Datasets – air traffic Indicators, indicators on media reflections; public opinion surveys
Coordinator
Ides Nicaise, Emeritus Professor, KU Leuven
Partners
- Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven
- University of Utrecht
- University of Salamanca
- Otto-Friederich-University of Bamberg, Germany
- CESSDA ERIC, Norway
- Malmö University, Sweden
- Turkcell Technology, Turkey
- GMV Innovating Solutions, UK
- Migration Policy Group, Belgium
- European Network of Migrant Women, Belgium
- White Research sprl, Belgium
- University of Pisa, Italy
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- University of Zurich, Swizerland
- Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights, Italy
- Caritas International, Belgium
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