Problem
Research questions and friction points this paper is trying to address.
Migration Policy
Structured Dataset
Misinformation
European Migration Network
The EMN Country Factsheets Structured Dataset
🤖 AI Summary
This study addresses the scarcity of research data and the proliferation of online misinformation regarding European migration policy by constructing a large-scale, standardized corpus spanning 13 years of EMN reports across 35 countries. Leveraging document parsing, structured data transformation, and content alignment techniques, unstructured texts are converted into high-integrity factual tables with persistent DOI access. This dataset bridges a critical gap in the field, facilitating quantitative analysis and data science research on migration policies. Furthermore, it demonstrates significant value in enhancing analytical accuracy and countering disinformation, thereby providing a robust empirical foundation for evidence-based policy evaluation and misinformation mitigation within European migration studies.
📝 Abstract
Each year, the European Migration Network (EMN) country factsheets deliver an overview of key migration and international protection developments within all EMN Member States and observer countries. The factsheets include both a textual component and a visual component. In this paper, we introduce a curated dataset of the textual component of these reports over 35 countries and 13 years (2012-2024.) The dataset was created to facilitate European-level research on migration policies and developments, and promote the use of reliable sources about migration in data science and media research, particularly at a time when the spread of online misinformation about migration constitutes a serious issue. The dataset transforms the original document texts into a tabular format, with columns corresponding to country, year, section, subsection, content, and harmonized title section. We illustrate the value of the dataset with concrete analyses and propose envisioned applications and uses of the dataset. The dataset is accessible through a DOI link.
Innovation
Methods, ideas, or system contributions that make the work stand out.
Structured Dataset
Text-to-Tabular Transformation
Migration Policy
Harmonized Metadata
Misinformation Mitigation
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