Recommendations at a Glance

Learn more about the IRSS, IRIS, and IROSS with the new EGRISS publications providing and overview of the International Recommendations and their key elements and underscores their significance and utilization in practice.

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Register for the new self-paced course on IRRS, IRIS, and IROSS

Deepen your knowledge on concepts, legal frameworks, and methodologies to effectively gather, analyse, and share essential data and indicators with our 6-module course “The International Recommendations on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics”.

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EGRISS 2023 Annual Report

The new EGRISS Annual Report, “A trilogy of statistical recommendations: towards better visibility of forcibly displaced and stateless persons halfway to 2030” is out! Check our main achievements and work between January and December 2023.

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IRRS and IRIS translations

The International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics and on Internally Displaced Persons Statistics are now available in Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian. This broader accessibility allows more countries and organisations to improve their data collection efforts.

UNECE-EGRISS Regional Workshop & Expert Meeting on Migration Statistics

On 6th May 2024, in Geneva, EGRISS members co-organised a Workshop on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics to discuss the implementation of the International Recommendations.

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International Recommendations on Statistics

 

International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics (IRRS)
International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics (IRRS)
International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics (IRRS)
International Recommendations on Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (IRIS)
IROSS
International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS)

Implementation examples

 

Since the endorsement of the International Recommendations on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (IRRS and IRIS), the EGRISS Secretariat has been monitoring their implementation at national, regional, and global levels. In 2023, since the International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics were endorsed, EGRISS’ monitoring system was expanded to include statelessness statistics. Over 145 examples of planned, ongoing or completed initiatives have been identified so far. 

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examples of concrete implementation

UN Statistical Commission

Expert Group on Refugee, IDP
and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS)

 

The United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) established the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS) at its 47th session in 2016, with the initial mandate to develop International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics (IRRS). EGRISS’ mandate was later extended to develop the nternational Recommendations on Internally Displaced Persons Statistic (IRIS) and a Compilers’ Manual. Currently, EGRISS is on its third mandate, focusing on the implementation of both sets of recommendations at national, regional and international levels as well as the development of the International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS), successfully endorsed at the 54th session of the UNSC, in 2023. EGRISS is a multi-stakeholder group comprised by members from 58 national authorities and 37 regional and international organisations.

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