This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive picture available of statistical data sources on international migration and asylum in the European Union (EU). The intention is to provide a handbook which will support the work of data suppli
Section 1. EU Migration Policy and Data Collection…...…… 33
Chapter 1. The Evolution of EU Migration Policy and Implications for Data Collection – Albert Kraler, Michael Jandl and Martin Hofmann….….35
Chapter 2. Recommendations on International Migration Statistics and Development of Data Collection at an International Level – Anne Herm………77
Section 2. Administrative Systems of Data Collection…..….. 107
Chapter 3. Registration of the Resident Population – Michel Poulain…………109
Chapter 4. Registration of Permits of Stay – Yves Breem and Xavier Thierry…...133
Chapter 5. Registration of Asylum Seekers – Rob van der Erf, Liesbeth Heering and Ernst Spaan………………..151
Chapter 6. Registration of Acquisition of Citizenship – Giambattista Cantisani and Valeria Greco…………167
Section 3. Producing statistics in accordance with the EU Regulation……………… 179
Chapter 7. Statistics on Population with Usual Residence – Giambattista Cantisani and Michel Poulain…….. 181
List of Authors.………………...……………………..…….…………..… 5
List of Comparative Tables……………..………...…………..……….… 9
Glossary…………………………….……………...…………………....… 11
Acronyms and Abbreviations………………….………..……….……… 19
Acknowledgements………………………....……………...………….… 25
Introduction…………………………….……………...………….……… 27
Chapter 8. Statistics on International Migration Flows – Beata Nowok, Dorota Kupiszewska and Michel Poulain………………………………203
Chapter 9. Statistics on Residence Permits and Legal Entry – Yves Breem and Xavier Thierry…………………….. 233
Chapter 10. Statistics on Asylum Applications – Rob van der Erf, Liesbeth Heering and Ernst Spaan…………….. 249
Chapter 11. Statistics on Acquisition of Citizenship – Giambattista Cantisani and Valeria Greco………… 261
Chapter 12. Statistics on Refusals, Apprehensions and Removals: An Analysis of the CIREFI Data – Michael Jandl and Albert Kraler…..………………... 271
Section 4. Special Scientific Investigations…………………… 287
Chapter 13. A Cohort Approach to Measuring the Asylum Procedure – Rob van der Erf, Liesbeth Heering and Ernst Spaan………………………….………………… 289
Chapter 14. A Cohort Approach to Acquisition of Citizenship Statistics – Nicolas Perrin………….………………... 321
Chapter 15. Links Between Legal and Illegal Migration – Michael Jandl and Albert Kraler……………………. 337
Conclusion……………………………….……………...………………… 373
Country reports……………………………….………...………………... 379
Annexes………………………………….……………...………………… 657
General bibliography………………………………...…………………... 731