DEMIG POLICY Data

The Determinants of International Migration (DEMIG) POLICY data tracks more than 6,500 migration policy changes enacted by 42 countries (plus 3 historical: Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Yugoslavia) around the world, mostly in the period between 1945 and 2013.

DEMIG POLICY assesses for each policy measure whether it represents a change towards more restrictiveness (coded +1) or less restrictiveness (coded -1) within the existing legal system. Besides this main assessment of change in restrictiveness, every policy change is also coded according to the policy area (border control, legal entry, integration, exit), policy tool (recruitment agreements, work permit, expulsion, quota, regularization, resettlement, carrier sanctions, etc.), migrant group (low- and high-skilled workers, family members, refugees, irregular migrants, students etc.) and migrant origin (all foreign nationalities, EU citizens, specific nationalities etc.) targeted.

It allows for both quantitative and qualitative research on the long-term evolution and effectiveness of migration policies.

For more information about the DEMIG Project see:
https://www.migrationinstitute.org/completed-projects/demig

Type of Database

Policy database

Type of Data

Qualitative