Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar

Vrije Universiteit Brussel | VUB · Interface Demography (ID)

International migration statistics suffer from extensive gaps and shortcomings. Recently, national statistical institutions (NSIs) have started using big data to complement traditional statistics, including on migration. Although these are promising developments, we still lack answers on the extent to which NSIs are currently using big data for mig...

To gain a better understanding of migration patterns and trends, policymakers, researchers, and analysts require high-quality data on migration, including the number of migrants, their characteristics, and the reasons for migration. This information is crucial for developing effective migration policies and programs, and for monitoring and evaluati...

To gain a better understanding of migration patterns and trends, policymakers, researchers, and analysts require high-quality data on migration, including the number of migrants, their characteristics, and the reasons for migration. This information is crucial for developing effective migration policies and programs, and for monitoring and evaluati...

Irregular migration, the movement of people outside legal regulations, is largely viewed either as a security threat or a moral, humanitarian impetus to help the vulnerable. The lack of data on irregular migration obscures the contribution of migrants without legal residence in the farms and factories of Europe. It also makes invisible their skill...

COVIDiSTRESS II Consortium

Objective: Vaccines are an effective means to reduce the spread of diseases, but they are sometimes met with hesitancy that needs to be understood. Method: In this study, we analyzed data from a large, cross-country survey conducted between June and August 2021 in 43 countries (N = 15,740) to investigate the roles of trust in government and science...

During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVIDiSTRESS Consortium launched an open-access global survey to understand and improve individuals' experiences related to the crisis. a year later, we extended this line of research by launching a new survey to address the dynamic landscape of the pandemic. this survey was released with the goal of a...

Undocumented or unregistered immigrants are part of European society, particularly in Belgium. However, adequate and reliable data on this population is scarce as it is not always easy for data-collecting authorities to have access to and gather information on them. In this report, we estimate the number of undocumented migrants from Sub-Saharan an...

Migration is one of the key aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To understand global migration patterns, develop scenarios, design effective policies, focus on the population's needs, and identify how these needs change over time, we need accurate, reliable and timely data. and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNH...

This paper looks at the socio-economic integration of immigrants at the local level in Belgium. The particularities of the Belgian multi-level governance system and the involvement of multiple actors at the local level allows us to make both a broad and a detailed comparison of different strategies for the integration of immigrants. The ultimate ob...

This paper looks at the socioeconomic integration of immigrants within Belgium. The particularities of the Belgian multi-level governance system and the involvement of multiple actors at the local level allows us to make both a broad and a detailed comparison of different strategies for the integration of immigrants. The ultimate objective of the s...

Daily life of everyone is affected by the anthropogenic climate change. Nowadays, severe weather phenomena are more frequent and their catastrophes more intense. Even mild temperature and precipitation changes require governments to receive additional measures to safeguard the well-being of their citizens. Unfortunately, not all state actors have t...

Migration is humming with activity and fuelled by the changing nature of typologies, geographies, drivers and, more importantly, changing soceities. At the same time, 'migration' continues to be a key concern of public and policy debates, especially as intersectional issues of labour rights, citizenship, ethnicity and health inequalities. Alongside...

The increasing importance of the environmental impact to migration leads to growing amount of scholarly work. This accentuates the need for collecting, organising and critically reviewing it for facilitating the researchers on the field. While some of the studies cover, to some extent, the mainstream topics, others call for further analyses to comp...

Contrary to the other articles in this issue, our study does not aim at identifying innovative methods of teaching offered to migrants. Rather, we wanted to investigate the state of the teach- ing of the local language in Belgium to migrants. We tried to assess whether (i) the methods of language classes correspond to the needs of the migrants and...

The impact of national regulations and asylum laws on Eritrean and Afghan refugees' family reunification practices in Belgium