Big data applications for Migration Management

The main objective of the services is to improve migration emergency management in each of the following phases: mitigation, preparedness and response. Three services have been identified: Migration Flow Mapping; Trends and Forecasts elaboration; Advanced Surveillance & Rescue. The targeted user communities include stakeholders involved in migration management activities, belonging to the following categories: Policy-makers/decision-makers at EU level; International Organisations engaged in migration management; Civil stakeholders such as reception centres, NGOs, cooperatives and training centres. The proposed study investigates the feasibility of the use of several space assets: geo-localised data from social media, RPAS missions (the satellite telecommunications system supports the control of the RPAS when the aircraft is no longer in radio visibility, GNSS is used for RPAS geolocalisation) and historical satellite EO data providing indirect human migration indicators.