“The Global Migration Indicators 2018 report is a snapshot of what we know about migration today. The data is organized along 17 key migration themes and based largely on data taken from Global Migration Data Portal – IOM’s one-stop-shop for international migration data. The report aims to provide a baseline for objectives in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and migration-related targets included in the Sustainable Development Goals.”
The report reviews key trends in global migration, including sections on remittances ("usually understood as the money or goods that migrants send back to families and friends in origin countries") and the migration of women and children, and highlights the relevant SDGs and Global Compact objectives. According to the report, "after two consecutive years of decline, estimates of officially recorded remittance flows to low and middle income countries (LMICs) increased in 2017 by 8.5 per cent compared to 2016, rising to USD 466 billion." Furthermore, the report also finds that "in recent years, the number of children migrating unaccompanied has increased. In 2015–2016, there were five times as many children estimated to be migrating alone than in 2010–2011 (UNICEF, 2017b)."
