DIRECTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE METHODOLOGY OF STATISTICAL STUDIES OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION OF THE POPULATION
The article examines the goals of international proposals for statistics on international migration of the population. Variants are given to improve both the quality and comparability of international migration statistics. But, as in the near future it will not be possible to achieve absolute agreement with this or that general concept of international migration everywhere, international recommendations suggest a number of intermediate goals, the achievement of which allows us to approach to such a general concept and to understand more clearly the significance and limitations of available statistical data.