ILO 2018 Guidelines concerning statistics of international labour migration

The purpose of the Guidelines concerning statistics of international labour migration is to help countries to develop their national statistical system by collecting comparable statistics on international labour migration in order to provide an improved information base for the various users, taking account of specific national needs and circumstances. Such a system should be designed to achieve a number of objectives, in particular to obtain a better understanding of the migration process; to assess the socio‐demographic characteristics and conditions of work and the equitable treatment of different groups of international migrant workers; and to study the relative status of the disadvantaged groups of international migrant workers that are of specific policy concern.