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Administrative and statistical
sources on international
migration in Morocco
2nd MEDSTAT II Meeting on Model Questionnaires
and ESCWA Regional Workshop
on International Migration Statistics”
Cairo, Egypt 29 June – 3 July 2009
Bouchra BOUZIANI
National coordinator
[email protected]
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Outline
Migration and statistical-administrative system
Statistics on migration : data sources
Administrative sources
Statistical sources
Activities under MEDSTAT-II and recent outcomes
Still to be done
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Top Emigration Countries, 2005
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Top Remittance-Receiving Countries, 2007e
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Migration and statistical-administrative
system
Haut commissariat au Plan
DS, CERED, INSEA
Ministry of Interior
DGSN: General Dept. of National
security (residence permits,
border cards)
DMSF: Migration and border
control Dept. : control of illegal
entry, control of irregular stay,
deportation of illegally staying
foreigners)
Observatory of migration : to
conduct projects and make
studies on migration
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Ministry of labor and professional
formation
 Labor Dept. : work permits
 ANAPEC: seasonal and circular labor
force migration
Ministry of Foreign Affaires and
cooperation
Exchange Office
Conseil supérieur des MRE
Ministry of Education : foreign
students
Hassan-II Foundation
AMERM (and others)
Statistical sources
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Household and border surveys
 Return migration survey in 2003.
 Household living standards surveys 2006/2007 (module on
international migration and remittance…).
 Border surveys on socio-economic insertion of Moroccan in
receiving countries conducted in 2000 and 2005 by HassanIIFoundation and CERED);
 Panel Demographic surveys (Births, Marriages, Deaths …):
1986/1988, another one will be conducted in 2009/2010 with a
large module on international migration
(the sample is about 104.000 households will be interviewed 3
times).
 Other recent surveys conducted by AMERM on illegal migration
(2007-2008)
 2010 Survey on remittances (categories and use) office des
changes
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Population census : migration modules
Questions on immigration
• Place/country of birth
• Place/country of previous
residence
• Place/country of residence five
year before census
• Nationality
• Combined with other
demographic and
socioeconomic caracteristics
The successful implementation
of OCR as data capture
solution for the last census.
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Emigration module (emigration
one year before census)
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Date of émigration
Gender
Age
Marital status
Activity status
Profession
Population census : emigration module
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Administrative sources
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Activities under MEDSTAT-II
and recent outcomes
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Residence permits register (1)
Application
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Residence permits register (2)
•Recent activities under MEDSTAT
Drafting a synthesized guide
on the compilation of
migration statistics based on
MEDSTAT.I recommendations;
Use of individual records of
residence permits for
producing statistics;
Further cooperation between
DGSN et DS for possible
solutions for attributing
individual identification;
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Residence permits register (3)
Individual records
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Residence permits register (4)
tabulations
NOW :
Data on the Number of valid residence permits at a particular date,
considering the following tabulations:
1. Number of valid residence permits by citizenship per gender,
2. Number of valid residence permits by citizenship per age group;
3. Number of valid residence permits by citizenship per motif,
Data on the Number of residence permits issued per year (without
distinction of issuance category)
1. Number of residence permits by citizenship per gender,
2. Number of residence permits by citizenship per age group;
3. Number of residence permits by citizenship per motif,
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Residence permits register (5)
tabulations
Project : to be done
 Number of residence permits issued in a year according to
issuance category ( first-time, renewal and change of
status) sex, age group , motif and citizenship of holder;
 Number of first-time residence permits issued in a year by
sex, age group and citizenship of holder;
 Number of dependent children accompanying holders of
first-time residence permits issued per year by sex, age
group and citizenship of holder;
 Number of renewal and change of status residence permits
per year by sex, age group and citizenship of holder;
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Residence permits register (6)
Technical and methological difficulties
(UN-Recommandation tables)
 Link between annual records :centralisation of the
residence permit database and use of PIN
 Distinction between first-time, renewal-prolonged and
modified-change of status,
 Problem of coverage : minors registration problem ;
 records system update : foreigners death, foreigners
leaves, foreigners acquires citizenship;
 Use of classification : (occupation, …)
 Others.
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BORDER CARD(1)
MEDSTAT.I PILOT PROJET : Departure form
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BORDER CARD(2)
MEDSTAT.I PILOT PROJET : Arrival form
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Border cards (3)
form since 2005 : no significant change
A set of priority tables based on
border crossing database
basically on movements;
Further cooperation between
DGSN et DS for possible use of
individual records from border
crossing database for the
estimation of migration flows ;
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Border cards (4)
Recent and new project
DGSN ( new system : biometric passport),
Drafting a synthesized note on IS needs for the compilation of migration
statistics based on MEDSTAT.I recommendations;
Intended stay or absence duration,
More modalities for (stay or absence) raisons,
Check box for MRE,
Use of individual records on border movements to produce statistics on
migration;
Further cooperation between DGSN et DS for possible solutions in the
new application to link the registration of residence permits and border
crossings
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What is to be done
Strengthen capacities in conducting surveys,
Successfully complete in-progress for more access to
individual records in order to produce regular statistics from
administrative sources (flow and stock)
Fully exploit and harmonize identified data sources
(definitions, classifications, timeliness….)
Enlarge the number of administrative sources used for
statistics:
 Work register
 Circular migration
 Illegal migration and stay
 Intended migration
 University students
 ……
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The big challenge
Improve national collaboration, coordination and
awareness of all departments
Sharing of Goals
Negotiation of priorities
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Thanks…
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