News Summary

• Researchers analysed the number of people moving to and from 230 countries and territories each year between 1990 and 2023.
• The study reveals the patterns of migration affected by drivers such as economic change, climate, conflict and policy reforms.
• The largest single instance of people migrating occurred in 1994, with nearly 950,000 people moving from Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the Rwandan civil war.
• The data will be a useful resource for ‘planning purposes where migration is relevant’, such as schooling, social benefits and labour markets.