Migration Profile in Malawi: Building Capacities to Promote Evidence-Based Policy Making

  • Start Date
    2013
  • End Date
    2015
  • Project Status
    Completed
  • Project Type
    Migration Research and Publication
  • Budget Amount (USD)
    200000.00
  • Coverage
    National
  • Year
    2013
  • IDF Region
    Africa
  • Prima ID
    ZA99P0002
  • Projects ID
    PR.0126
  • Benefiting Member States
    Malawi

The Government of Malawi is currently in the process of creating a Department of Migration within the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Security (MIAPS). MIAPS has mentioned the development of a comprehensive national migration policy as one of the department’s top priorities; however, at present, there is a severe lack of reliable data available on migration in the country. As a result, the government has requested support from the IOM to develop a National Migration Profile in order to collect, analyse, and report on migration-related data currently scattered across a wide range of ministries, departments, and agencies.