Migration Statistics in Lebanon. Estimating migration statistics based on individual border crossing data (Pilot project)

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1 Migration Statistics in Lebanon Estimating migration statistics based on individual border crossing data (Pilot project) Presented By Cap. Rock SFEIR General Direction of General Surety -Lebanon Using individual border crossing data Background Cooperation between the Central Administration for Statistics (CAS) & the General Direction of the General Security (GDGS), the proposals in two different meetings held under MEDSTAT II and technical assistance provided by the Program led to establish a pilot project for measuring migration flows using the individual border crossing data available at the GDGS. Pilot project objectives and steps Testing a new methodology provided by the MEDSTAT II expert M.Poulain Started in 2007 using selected number of movements & applying the calculation for testing the feasibility of the methodology Poulain approving the work of the Lebanese team

Measuring migration flows using individual border crossing data Data sources: Electronic registration for Lebanese passengers passports at the borders Border cards for foreigners Concept and

2 Measuring migration flows using individual border crossing data Data sources: Electronic registration for Lebanese passengers passports at the borders Border cards for foreigners Concept and methodology This new methodology for measuring international migration flows is based on the international recommendations of the UN and Eurostat This measurement is based on: The concept of stay or residence in a country during the last 12 months The country were the person has lived continuously for most of the last 6 months (excluding temporary absence) International migration means changing borders of the usual country of residence

3 Concept and methodology Hence: The length of usual residence/ stay in a country should be >= 6 months per year (183 days/year) Calculating the duration of residence in a cumulative period of 12 months from the date of movement (M) Using previous movements to M (M-183 days) to identify his usual residence or stay in the country Systematic identification of international migration movements over the many paths of individual border crossings (Sequence in /out) Nature of migration defined as the type of movement: the entry into the country is immigration and the exit is emigration Concept and methodology

4 Concept and methodology After identifying that this person was IN for more than 6 months/ per year, we need to look at his situation for the 6 months previous the M movement 8 8

5 After identifying that this person was IN for more than 6 months/ per year, we need to look at: His situation for the 6 months previous the M movement (M -183) to identify if he is an immigrant or not, according to his duration of stay or residence within the same country in the previous 6 months Recommendations To be able to apply this methodology the country should have: Electronic data base for all movements for all citizens and foreigners, All border crossings movements have to be recorded by date, type of movement, and some other characteristics of passengers such as sex, date of birth, citizenship, country of birth., Create a link between all movements (sequences of IN and OUT) for each person crossing the borders, Use anonymous data for individual movements, Concretely this methodology does not allow to register more than one immigration or one emigration during a calendar year.

6 Recommendations Unfortunately, we have to wait until the end of the second year T+1 in order to identify all international migrations to be enumerated during the first calendar year T. In some cases you should validate the data before applying this methodology (in case of illogical path such as Out- Out or In- In or single path such as In only or Out only) In Lebanon we created with Poulain rules of similarity Merci de votre attention! Thank you for your attention

A special methodology using a border crossing database for the estimation of international migration flows

A special methodology using a border crossing database for the estimation of international migration flows Anne HERM 1 and Michel POULAIN 1,2 1. Estonian Institute for Population Studies, Tallinn University,