IOM suggests stronger cooperation, identity proofing to address migration in Europe

With the rise of digital public infrastructure (DPI) and digital ID infrastructure, the European Union sees an opportunity for a comprehensive migration policy to provide consistent migrant management, according to an IOM report on access to digital identity for migrants in Europe.

The migrant population made up 3.6 percent of the global population in 2020, according to the report. Almost 13 percent of the EU's population for the same year were international migrants. Data from 2018 shows that one billion …

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