Indicator 10.7.2 Number of countries with migration policies that facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people

Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Target 10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies

Indicator 10.7.2: Canada’s established and well-managed immigration and refugee programs and policies

SDG Indicator 10.7.2 aims to describe the state of national migration policies and how such policies change over time. The information collected seeks to identify both progress made and gaps, thus contributing to the evidence base for actionable recommendations for the implementation of SDG target 10.7. The indicator also serves for the future thematic reviews at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).

The indicator includes a total of 30 sub-categories, 5 under each of the 6 domains/questions.

1. Migrant rights;
2. Whole-of-government/ Evidence-based policies;
3. Cooperation and partnerships;
4. Socioeconomic well-being;
5. Mobility dimensions of crises;
6. Safe, orderly and regular migration.

All sub-categories, except for those under domain 1, have dichotomous “Yes/No” answers, coded “1” for “Yes” and “0” for “No”. For the sub-categories under domain 1, there are three possible answers: “Yes, regardless of immigration status”, coded “1”; “Yes, only for those with legal immigration status”, coded “0.5”; and “No”, coded “0”.

After calculations and weighting, values of less than 40 per cent are coded as “Requires further progress”, values of 40 per cent to less than 80 per cent are coded as “Partially meets”, and values of 80 per cent to less than 100 per cent are coded as “Meets”, while values of 100 per cent are coded as “Fully meets”.

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