The World Migration Report 2018 is the ninth in the series. Since 2000, IOM has been producing world migration reports to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world. This new edition presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues. Please click on the links below to access the report. The report can be downloaded as a whole, or by separate chapters.

Table of Contents

• Director General's Foreword
• Chapter 1 - Report Overview: Making sense of migration in an increasingly interconnected world

Part I: Data and information on migration

• Chapter 2 - Migration and migrants: A global overview
• Chapter 3 - Migration and migrants: Regional dimensions and developments
• Chapter 4 - Migration research and analysis: Growth, reach and recent contributions

Part II: Complex and emerging migration issues

• Chapter 5 - Global migration governance: Existing architecture and recent developments
• Chapter 6 - Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity
• Chapter 7 - Understanding migration journeys from migrants’ perspectives
• Chapter 8 - Media reporting of migrants and migration
• Chapter 9 - Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion
• Chapter 10 - Migrants and cities: Stepping beyond World Migration Report 2015