Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography

The Atlas of Migration is a reference book providing a snapshot of migration and a knowledge base for policymakers, stakeholders, businesses, researchers and the general public. The Atlas has 3 sections: migration...

Research shows that loneliness and social isolation have harmful repercussions on mental and physical health, as well as significant consequences on social cohesion and community trust. Both loneliness...

In 2022, the Russian aggression against Ukraine triggered large scale displacement within Ukraine and to the neighbouring countries. Throughout this difficult year, the Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography...

The Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) brings together inter-disciplinary expertise and research skills to help strengthen the European Commission’s response to the opportunities and challenges linked to migration...

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization first described COVID-19 as a pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, lockdowns, quarantines, curfews, distancing measures and the cancellation of community activities...

This report studies the effect of increasing the number of children with a migrant background in a classroom on natives test scores in reading and mathematics. It uses data on primary school children...

2021 was a busy year for the Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD). We launched a brand new Atlas of Demography to support the efforts across the Commission to take...

KCMD Newsletter - The KCMD is five years old! The Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) brings together inter-disciplinary expertise and research skills to help strengthen...

Drawing policy implications from the analysis of the evolution of European post-war migrations. It also looks at structural factors that shape migration in both origin and destination countries and assesses...

An analysis of past and present migration patterns from and within Africa and the main drivers explaining African migration flows, including individual characteristics of Africans who prepare to move...