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  • Demography

    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    ACNUR

    Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados

    In Spanish

    AFED

    Association des Familles et des Exilés Djiboutiens

    In French

    AIDA

    Asylum Information Database

    In English

    AKB
    Angka Kematian Bayi

    = IMR | Infant Mortality Rate | In English
    = TMI | Taxa de Mortalidade Infantil | In Portuguese
    = TMI | Taux de Mortalité Infantile | In French
    = TMI | Taxa de Mortalitat Infantil | In Catalan
    = TMI | Tasas de Mortalidad Infantil | In Spanish
    = TMI | Tasso di Mortalità Infantile | In Italian

    In Indonesian

    ALD

    Ausländerdienst Baselland

    In German

    AMA

    Alleenstaande Minderjarige Asielzoeker

    In Dutch

    AMC

    Asian Migrant Centre

    In English

    APIM

    Asian Partnership on International Migration

    In English

    ARS

    Agreement relating to Refugee Seamen

    In English

    ASRC

    Asylum Seekers Resource Centre

    In English

    AWIC

    Association of Women of India in Canada

    In English

    CEDEM

    Centre d'Études de l'Ethnicité et des Migrations

    In French

    CELADE
    Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía

    = CELADE | Centro Latino-americano e Caribenho de Demografia | In Portuguese

    In Spanish

    CELADE
    Centro Latino-americano e Caribenho de Demografia

    = CELADE (see above)

    In Portuguese

    CESEDA

    Code de l'Entrée et du Séjour des Étrangers et du Droit d'Asile

    In French

    CFE

    Commission Fédérale des Étrangers

    In French

    CGRA
    Commissariat Général aux Réfugiés et aux Apatrides (www.cgvs.be/fr/)

    = CGVS | Commissariaat-generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen | In Dutch

    In French

    CGVS
    Commissariaat-generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (www.cgvs.be/fr/)

    = CGRA, CGVS (see above)

    In Dutch

    CIC

    Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada (www.cic.gc.ca)

    In French

    CIEMI

    Centre d'Information et d'Études sur les Migrations Internationales

    In French

    CIMADE

    Comité Inter-Mouvements Auprès Des Évacués

    In French

    CIPP

    Centre d’Information sur les Problèmes de la Population

    In French

    CIR
    Comité Intergouvernemental pour les Réfugiés

    = CIR | Comité Intergubernamental para los Refugiados | In Spanish

    In French

    CIR
    Comité Intergubernamental para los Refugiados

    = CIR (see above)

    In Spanish

    CMS

    Center for Migration Studies

    In English

    CNHI

    Cité Nationale de l'Histoire de l'Immigration

    In French

    COMPAS

    Centre on Migration, Policy and Society

    In English

    CRIPI

    Commission Régionale pour l’Insertion des Populations Immigrées

    In French

    CRS

    Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

    In English

    CSEN

    Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads

    In English

    CSR

    Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

    In English

    CSSP

    Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

    In English

    CSSTM

    Centre de Sécurité Sociale des Travailleurs Migrants

    In French

    CTD
    Convention Travel Documents

    = DVC | Documents de Voyage selon la Convention | In French
    = DVC | Documentos de Viaje según la Convención | In Spanish

    In English

    DICCILEC

    Direction Centrale du Contrôle de l'Immigration et de la Lutte contre l'Emploi des Clandestins

    In French

    DISERO

    DIsembarkation REsettlement Offer

    In English

    DNA

    Dispositif National d'Accueil

    In French

    DR
    Droit des Réfugiés

    = RL | Refugee Law | In English

    In French

    DVC
    Documents de Voyage selon la Convention

    = CTD, DVC (see above)

    In French

    DVC
    Documentos de Viaje según la Convención

    = CTD, DVC (see above)

    In Spanish

    ECRE

    European Council on Refugees and Exiles

    In English

    ECSR

    Enabling Christians in Serving Refugees

    In English

    EFMS

    Europäisches Forum für Migrationsstudien

    In German

    ELMO

    Expedited Labour Market Opinion (Pilot Project)

    In English

    ENIAR

    European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (www.eniar.org)

    In English

    ERCOMER

    European Research Center on Migrations and Ethnic Relations

    In English

    FAS

    Fonds d'Action Sociale pour les travailleurs immigrés et leurs familles

    In French

    FCC

    Families with Children from China

    In English

    FMR

    Forced Migration Review

    In English

    GERME

    Groupe d'Études sur l'Ethnicité, le Racisme, les Migrations, et l'Exclusion

    In French

    GISTI

    Groupe d'Information et de Soutien aux Immigrés

    In French

    IASP

    Indian Association for the Study of Population (https://iasp.ac.in/)

    In English

    ICEM

    Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration

    In English

    ICM

    Intergovernmental Committee for Migration

    In English

    IDP

    Internally Displaced Person

    In English

    IEHS

    Immigration and Ethnic History Society

    In English

    IISNC

    International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Cultures

    In English

    IJPG

    International Journal of Population Geography

    In English

    IMES

    Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies

    In English

    IMISCOE

    International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe

    In English

    IMR
    Infant Mortality Rate

    = AKB, TMI (see above)

    In English

    INED

    Institut National d'Études Démographiques

    In French

    IOM
    International Organization for Migration (https://www.iom.int/)

    = OIM | Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations | In French
    = IOM | Internationale Organisation für Migration | In German
    = ΔΟΜ | Διεθνής Οργανισμός Μετανάστευσης | In Greek
    = OIM | Organización Internacional para las Migraciones | In Spanish
    = OIM | Organizzazione Internazionale per le Migrazioni | In Italian
    = LNBM | Lisangá lya nkóta na bokei o mitili | In Lingala
    = TMO | Tarptautinė Migracijos Organizacija | In Lithuanian
    = IOM | Internationale Organisatie voor Migratie | In Dutch
    = МОМ | Международная организация по миграции | In Russian
    = МОМ | Міжнародна організація з міграції | In Ukrainian

    In English

    IOM
    Internationale Organisation für Migration (https://www.iom.int/)

    = OIM, ΔΟΜ, LNBM, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In German

    IOM
    Internationale Organisatie voor Migratie (https://www.iom.int/)

    = OIM, ΔΟΜ, LNBM, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In Dutch

    IOT

    Inspraakorgaan Turken (in Nederland)

    In Dutch

    IRO
    International Refugee Organization

    = OIR | Organisation Internationale pour les Réfugiés | In French

    In English

    JEMS

    Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    In English

    KMI

    Kommission für Migrations- und Integrationsforschung

    In German

    LERC

    Lebanese Emigration Research Center

    In English

    LMO

    Labour Market Opinion

    In English

    LNBM
    Lisangá lya nkóta na bokei o mitili (https://www.iom.int/)

    = IOM, OIM, ΔΟΜ, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In Lingala

    MPG

    Migration Policy Group

    In English

    MPI

    Migration Policy Institute

    In English

    NRI
    Non-Resident Indian

    = PIO | Person of Indian Origin | In English

    In English

    ODP
    Orderly Departure Programme

    = PDO | Programme de Départs Organisés | In French

    In English

    ODSEF

    Observatoire Démographique et Statistique de l'Espace Francophone

    In French

    OIM
    Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (https://www.iom.int/)

    = IOM, ΔΟΜ, LNBM, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In French

    OIM
    Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (https://www.iom.int/)

    = IOM, ΔΟΜ, LNBM, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In Spanish

    OIM
    Organizzazione Internazionale per le Migrazioni (https://www.iom.int/)

    = IOM, ΔΟΜ, LNBM, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In Italian

    OIR
    Organisation Internationale pour les Réfugiés

    = IRO, OIR (see above)

    In French

    OIR

    Organización Internacional para los Refugiados

    In Spanish

    PAA

    Population Active Agricole

    In French

    PAR

    Population Adjusted Relative (Risk Calculation)

    In English

    PDO
    Programme de Départs Organisés

    = ODP, PDO (see above)

    In French

    PICAI

    Patronato Italo Canadese per l'Assistenza agli Immigrati

    In Italian

    PICUM

    Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants

    In English

    PIO
    Person of Indian Origin

    = NRI, PIO (see above)

    In English

    RA

    Resettlement Administration

    In English

    RASRO

    Rescue At Sea Resettlement Offer

    In English

    RGP

    Recensement Général de la Population

    In French

    RL
    Refugee Law

    = DR, RL (see above)

    In English

    RRA

    Removal Review Authority

    In English

    SAMAH

    Stichting Alleenstaande Minderjarige Asielzoekers Humanitas (www.samah.nl)

    In English

    SFD

    Solidarité Franco-Djiboutienne

    In French

    TMI
    Taxa de Mortalidade Infantil

    = AKB, IMR, TMI (see above)

    In Portuguese

    TMI
    Taux de Mortalité Infantile

    = AKB, IMR, TMI (see above)

    In French

    TMI
    Taxa de Mortalitat Infantil

    = AKB, IMR, TMI (see above)

    In Catalan

    TMI
    Tasas de Mortalidad Infantil

    = AKB, IMR, TMI (see above)

    In Spanish

    TMI
    Tasso di Mortalità Infantile

    = AKB, IMR, TMI (see above)

    In Italian

    TMO
    Tarptautinė Migracijos Organizacija (https://www.iom.int/)

    = IOM, OIM, ΔΟΜ, LNBM, МОМ (see above)

    In Lithuanian

    UCIJ

    Uni(e)s Contre une Immigration Jetable

    In French

    UNBRO
    United Nations Border Relief Operations

    The abbreviation UNBRO (United Nations Border Relief Operations) includes the abbreviation UN (United Nations).

    In English

    UNDTA
    United Nations Declaration on Territorial Asylum

    The abbreviation UNDTA (United Nations Declaration on Territorial Asylum) includes the abbreviation UN (United Nations).

    In English

    UNHCR
    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (https://www.unhcr.org/)

    The abbreviation UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) includes the abbreviation UN (United Nations).

    In English

    UNRWA
    United Nations Relief and Works Agency (for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)

    The abbreviation UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency (for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)) includes the abbreviation UN (United Nations).

    In English

    URMIS

    Unité de Recherche Migrations et Sociétés

    In French

    USCIS

    United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

    In English

    ZPIU

    Zone de Peuplement Industriel ou Urbain

    In French

    ΔΟΜ
    Διεθνής Οργανισμός Μετανάστευσης (https://www.iom.int/)

    = IOM, OIM, LNBM, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In Greek

    МОМ
    Международная организация по миграции (https://www.iom.int/)

    = IOM, OIM, ΔΟΜ, LNBM, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In Russian

    МОМ
    Міжнародна організація з міграції (https://www.iom.int/)

    = IOM, OIM, ΔΟΜ, LNBM, TMO, МОМ (see above)

    In Ukrainian