The research desk

Story is the method. Data is the discipline.

Nothing on this site asks you to take a feeling as a fact. Every figure we publish comes from an open, citable source, and every source below is linked to its own publisher. Figures are rounded published estimates and are updated as new releases arrive.

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New work and current events

Checked Sep 19, 2026

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)May 6, 2029

Journal of GIS based Historical Studies

This is a journal of the Asian Network of GIS based Historical Studies, Tokyo, Japan

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Homo Politicus (Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz)Oct 6, 2026

Podejście uwzględniające kwestie płci w polityce zagranicznej : studium przypadku Gruzji w ramach szwedzkiej feministycznej polityki zagranicznej

encouragement have been instrumental throughout my four-year academic journey.From the first day of my program, Dr. Trojnar has been my most significant ally, providing guidance and constructive criticism that have pushed me to grow as a scholar.During my studies, she consistently motivated me through academic coursework and departmental activities, and during critical phases such as my research visits, participation

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Revue européenne de migrations internationalesSep 18, 2026

Revue européenne des migrations internationales

Revue qui a pour vocation de publier les travaux de recherche, empiriques et théoriques, des différentes disciplines concernées par les migrations internationales et les relations interethniques. Paraît trois fois par an.

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Journal of Vocational Education and TrainingSep 18, 2026

The ideology of access: Young adult experiences in transition from Literacy and Basic Skills to postsecondary education

Expanding the forms of educational access available is one response to crises in unemployment, housing, migration, pandemics, wealth disparity, and discrimination. Young, racialized, immigrant adults are often the target of efforts to expand access. I analyze the social relations that organize the experience of educational access from the standpoint of young, immigrant, racialized adults in basic literacy programs wh

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Foundational sources

UN DESA Population Division

International Migrant Stock

The baseline global count of people living outside their country of birth, by origin, destination, age, and sex.

How we use it: Every global figure and corridor estimate on the map page begins here.

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International Organization for Migration (IOM)

World Migration Report

A biennial synthesis of migration data, drivers, governance, and regional patterns.

How we use it: Context for why corridors form and how they change.

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U.S. Census Bureau

American Community Survey (ACS)

Annual U.S. data on nativity, citizenship, year of entry, language, household structure, and income.

How we use it: The source for the U.S. origin table and family questions in the project.

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UNHCR

Global Trends: Forced Displacement

Counts of refugees, people seeking asylum, internally displaced people, and stateless people.

How we use it: Distinguishes chosen migration from forced displacement in our writing.

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World Bank and KNOMAD

Migration and Development Brief

Remittance flows by corridor, and the cost of sending money home.

How we use it: Grounds the material viability pillar of the Relational Home Model.

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Migration Policy Institute

Immigration Data Hub

Country and state profiles, policy analysis, and integration indicators.

How we use it: Policy background for the support and advocacy work of the project.

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Pew Research Center

Global Attitudes: Migration

Public opinion, outcomes for the second generation, and identity research.

How we use it: Evidence for the belonging and second generation chapters.

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U.S. Census · American Community Survey

Where people living abroad were born

Roughly 50.6 million people living in the United States were born somewhere else, about 15% of the population, the highest share on record. These are the ten largest origins.

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  • Mexico10.6M
  • India2.9M
  • China2.4M
  • Philippines2.0M
  • El Salvador1.4M
  • Vietnam1.4M
  • Cuba1.4M
  • Dominican Republic1.3M
  • Guatemala1.2M
  • Colombia0.9M

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Rounded estimates.

How we read data without losing the person inside it

Counts are not verdicts

A number tells you how many. It never tells you why someone left, or what it cost them.

Categories hide people

The word migrant holds a surgeon, a farmhand, a grandmother, and a child in the same category.

Absence is data

Undocumented people, unregistered elders, and those who stayed behind are systematically undercounted.