What’s next?

We hope you have enjoyed this unit, and you have found the resources and exercises useful. You can deepen your knowledge about different aspects of migration data, its sources and uses in policymaking by consulting the recommended reading list below (key texts are in bold):

Reading List

de Haas, Hein. 2023. How Migration Really Works. The Facts about the Most Divisive Issue in Politics. Basic Books.

Henningsen, Geraldine. 2025. “Big Data for the Prediction of Forced Displacement.” International Migration Review 59 (1): 141–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183231195296.

IOM-UN Migration 2023. “Harnessing Data Innovation for Migration Policy. A Handbook for Practitioners.” https://publications.iom.int/books/harnessing-data-innovation-migration-policy-handbook-practitioners.

Laczko, Frank, Elisa Mosler Vidal, and Marzia Rango. 2024. Measuring Global Migration. Towards Better Data for All. Routledge.

Slootjes, By Jasmijn, and Maria Belen Zanzuchi. 2023. “Toolkit for Evidence-Informed Policymaking in Migrant Integration.” https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/spring-mpie-evidence-integration-policymaking-toolkit-final.pdf