Improving the Comparability of International Migration Statistics: Contributions by the Conference of European Statisticians from 1971 to Date

Abstract

During the past fifteen years the Conference of European Statisticians, a Principal Subsidiary Body of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Statistical Commission, has actively worked on improving the quality and international comparability of international migration statistics. This article summarizes the principal activities the Conference has pursued and the progress it has achieved in this field during this period through its contributions to the preparation and implementation of the United Nations recommendations on international migration statistics, its regular exchange of statistics on international migration flows among member countries and the bilateral studies on international migration member countries are conducting at its request.