Resources on Irregular Migration and Training Materials

This document compiles three types of training and information resources: (1) Resources for journalists: Key findings on irregular migration, providing both key facts and a directory to further resources, including the two MIrreM handbooks on irregular migration data and regularisation policy, respectively, as well as three short animated videos on the conceptualisation of irregular migration, estimates on irregular migration, and the benefits of regularisation; (2) the syllabus of the MIrreM Spring School organised at the University for Continuing Education Krems in March 2025, providing an introduction to irregular migration data organised in 6 thematic sessions (Introduction to basic concepts, data quality, using publicly available data on irregular migration, methods of estimating irregular migration, assessing the impact of policies on irregular migration and the lives of irregular immigrants, and the politics and ethics of numbers; and (3) an overview of Training opportunities for migration scholars and practitioners.