Technical notes

• Author: Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
• Pages: 475-476

COVID-19 AND MIGRATION / ATLAS OF MIGRATION 2020

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1. COVID-19 PROPAGATION

Indicator:COVID-19cumulativeconrmedcases

Source of data:WorldHealthOrganization(WHO)

Description:A“conrmedCOVID-19case”isdenedas“apersonwithlaboratoryconrmationofCOVID-19infection,

irrespectiveofclinicalsignsandsymptoms.”(WorldHealthOrganization(2020).WHOCOVID-19casedenition.World

HealthOrganization.https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333912.License:CCBY-NC-SA3.0IGO).

Note:Methodologiesand procedurestorecord COVID-19conrmedcases arenotharmonised acrosscountriesand

mayvaryovertimewiththeincreasingofthetestingcapabilityandtheimprovementofthetestingprocedures.

Link:https://covid19.who.int/table

Date of consultation:15/11/2020(lastupdate05/11/2020)

2. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Indicator:StringencyIndex

Source of data:Hale, Webster,Petherick,Phillips,and Kira(2020).OXFORD COVID-19GOVERNMENTRESPONSE

TRACKER,BlavatnikSchoolofGovernment

Description:TheStringency Indexisa compositeindicator“which recordsthestrictness of‘lockdownstyle’ policies

thatprimarilyrestrictpeople’sbehaviour”.

Note:The StringencyIndex simplyrecordsthe numberand strictnessof governmentpolicies,and shouldnot be

interpretedas‘scoring’theappropriatenessoreectivenessofacountry’sresponse.

Link:https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/research-projects/coronavirus-government-response-tracker

Date of consultation:15/11/2020(lastupdate14/11/2020)

3. COVID-19 AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

Indicator:Firstresidencepermits

Source of data:EUROSTAT-migr_resrst

Description:Firstpermitsbyreason,lengthofvalidityandcitizenship.

Note:AnyauthorisationissuedtoapersonforthersttimebytheauthoritiesofaMemberStateallowingathirdcountry

nationaltostaylegallyonitsterritory.Thedatasetisdisaggregatedbythefollowinggroupsofreasons:Remunerated

activities(referredtoas‘Work’),Family,EducationandOther.Thegroup‘Other’includesRefugeestatusandsubsidiary

protection;Humanitarianreasons; Residenceonly; Unaccompaniedminors;Victimsof trackingin humanbeings;

andOtherreasonsnotspecied. Forfurtherinformation,thereadercanrefertothe specicdatasetfromEUROSTAT

(migrresoth:‘Firstpermitsissuedforotherreasonsbyreason,lengthofvalidityandcitizenship’).

Link:http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=migr_resrst&lang=en

Date of consultation:15/11/2020(lastupdate28/10/2019)

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Indicator:COVID-19cumulativeconrmedcases(seeCHAPTER1.COVID-19PROPAGATION)

4. ASYLUM IN THE EU AND COVID-19

Indicator:Firsttimeapplications(annual)

Source of data:EUROSTAT-migr_asyappctza

Description:First-timeasylumapplicationsbycitizenship,ageandsex.Annualaggregateddata(rounded).

Note:FirsttimeasylumapplicantsarepeoplewholodgedanapplicationforasylumforthersttimeinagivenMember

Stateduringthereferenceperiod.Theterm‘rst-time’impliesnotimelimitationandthereforepeoplecanberecorded

asrst-timeapplicantonlyif theyhaveneverappliedforinternational protectioninthereportingcountry/territoryin

thepast,irrespectiveofwhethertheyhaveappliedinanotherMemberStateoftheEU.

Link:http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=migr_asyappctza&lang=en

Date of consultation:15/11/2020(lastupdate01/09/2020)

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Indicator:Firsttimeapplications(monthly)

Source of data:EUROSTAT-migr_asyappctzm

Description:First-timeasylumapplicationsbycitizenship,ageandsex.Monthlydata(rounded).

Note:FirsttimeasylumapplicantsarepeoplewholodgedanapplicationforasylumforthersttimeinagivenMember

Stateduringthereferenceperiod.Theterm‘rst-time’impliesnotimelimitationandthereforepeoplecanberecorded

asrst-timeapplicantonlyif theyhaveneverappliedforinternational protectioninthereportingcountry/territoryin

thepast,irrespectiveofwhethertheyhaveappliedinanotherMemberStateoftheEU.

Link:https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=migr_asyappctzm&lang=en

Date of consultation:15/11/2020(lastupdate13/11/2020)