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Children on the move often face high obstacles to accessing their most basic rights. But reliable and comprehensive data on these children remain concerningly scarce, limiting the ability of policymakers and organizations to implement policies and programmes that protect and empower migrant and displaced children.
To improve data collection, monitoring and national capacities, the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC) has produced a standardized set of 10 core statistics to measure the stock and flow of children on the move, along with 21 additional indicators across four critical areas – health, education, child protection and poverty. These indicators are detailed in the newly published reference document, Indicators for Children on the Move: A guideline. Best practices from States already implementing child-focused migration data systems are also featured, offering important real-life examples of how to ensure data collection includes the experiences of children on the move.
IDAC’s new guideline paves the way towards a globally comparable picture of migrant and displaced children’s conditions and enables national data systems to be more responsive to the needs of children on the move. This publication is the result of a collaborative effort among IDAC Secretariat members (Eurostat, IOM, OECD, UNHCR, UNICEF), over 15 national statistical offices and multiple other international organizations.