The index for the issue of “cross-border displacement” below is structured on the basis on the following sub-topics:

  • International/cross-border displacement
  • Refugees and asylum seekers
  • Drivers of cross-border displacement
  • Relocation and resettlement
  • The impacts of COVID-19
  • The role of technology
  • Global migration governance

Deep-dive into global and regional trends on cross-border displacement

The scope of cross-border displacement is measured on the basis of the stock of asylum seekers and refugees in a country at any given time. Chapters 2 and 3 of the World Migration Report 2022 provide global and regional trends on the number of asylum seekers and refugees according to the latest data released by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees.

For global trends on asylum seekers and refugees

For (sub)regional trends on asylum seekers and refugees

 

  • Africa: p. 66
  • West and Central Africa: p. 69
  • Eastern and Southern Africa: pp. 69-71
  • Southern and Eastern Africa: p. 71
  • North Africa: pp. 72-73
  • Asia: pp. 78-79
  • Middle East: p. 81
  • Southern Asia: p. 85
  • South-East Asia: p. 86
  • Europe: p. 93
  • South-Eastern and Eastern Europe: p. 95
  • Northern, Western and Southern Europe: p. 97
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: pp. 103-104
  • Central America and the Caribbean: pp. 106-107
  • South America: pp. 107-108
  • Norther America: pp. 113 and 115-116
  • Oceania: pp. 121 and 124
  • See also:

 

International/cross-border displacement

  • 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", p. 25
  • 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", p. 59
  • 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", p. 66
  • 2020 edition, chapter 7 on "Migration and health", p. 213
  • 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", pp. 150 and 162

Refugees and asylum seekers

  • 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", pp. 173-174, 177, 179-184
  • 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", pp. 194 and 200
  • 2022 edition, chapter 8 on "Disinformation about migration", pp. 221, 223, 225 and 229
  • 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", pp. 258, 20 and 275
  • 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", pp. 161, 164, 170, 177-178, 170 and 181
  • 2020 edition, chapter 6 on "Migration, inclusion and social cohesion", pp. 186-187, 191, 193, 195-7, 199 & 203-4
  • 2020 edition, chapter 7 on "Migration and health", pp. 213-214, 217, 219-220, 222-227
  • 2020 edition, chapter 8 on "Children and unsafe migration", pp. 232, 234-5, 237-8, 240-242, 244-246, 248-250
  • 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 256 and 264
  • 2020 edition, chapter 10 on "Migrants caught in crises", pp. 273-275, 280 and 285
  • 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", pp. 177-8, 179-180, 187 & 189
  • 2018 edition, chapter 8 on "Media reporting of migration and migrants", pp. 194-200, 202, 204 and 206-207
  • 2018 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion", p. 209-210, 212-217, 2020 and 222-223

Drivers of international/cross--border displacement

  • 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", pp. 173-174, 176, 179, 181-183 and 187
  • 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", pp. 191 and 200
  • 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 233-234, 239 , 243 and 250
  • 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 253-255, 258, 264-269  
  • 2018 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion", pp. 212-213 and 222

Relocation and resettlement

Global overview of resettled refugees and resettlement needs

  • 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", pp. 47-48

(Sub)regional dimensions

2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments":

  • Central America and the Caribbean: p. 106
  • Northern America: pp. 114-115

IOM role in relocation and resettlement

  • 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", p. 8
  • 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", p. 49

Other issues from thematic chapters’ perspectives

 

  • 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", p. 160 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 11 on "Artificial intelligence, migration and mobility", pp. 288-289 and 298
  • 2020 edition, chapter 8 on "Children and unsafe migration", p. 250
  • 2020 edition, chapter 10 on "Migrants caught in crises", p. 289
  • 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", pp. 301-302, 304, 306
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", p. 138
  • 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", p. 158
  • 2018 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion", p. 211, 216, and 221-222

Impacts of COVID-19

  • 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", pp. 153, 161-163 and 171

The role of technology

  • 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", p. 160 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 11 on "Artificial intelligence, migration and mobility", pp. 284, 286, 287-290 and 295-299
  • 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", pp. 154, 157-159, 162 and 165
  • 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", pp. 178 and 187

Global migration governance

International legal framework

  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 125, 127, 130-131

 

Global governance framework 

  • 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", pp. 291-295, 300-306 and 307-308
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 136-146

Institutional architecture

 

  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 134-136
  • 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", pp. 295-6, 300-308