Legal basis
Legal basis for conducting Internal migration statistics is Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System of Montenegro (Official Gazette of Montenegro 18/12) and Annual Plan of Statistical Surveys (Official Gazette of Montenegro 53/11).
Purpose of survey
The objective of internal migration statistics is to obtain the data needed for the analysis of the mechanical movement of the population. These data are used in statistics to calculate the estimated number of population as well as to calculate net migrations showing population change in municipalities in Montenegro.
Sources and coverage
The data source for internal migration is the Register of Permanent Residence that is managed by Ministry of Interiors.
The data are collected on the basis of agreement of cooperation concluded between Statistical Office of Montenegro and Ministry of Interiors.
Statistics on internal migration covers all persons who apply/cancel residence from Register of residence.
Protection of individual data
On the basis of agreement of cooperation concluded between Statistical Office and Ministry of Interiors, the data submitted to Statistical Office do not contain any characteristics which would allow the identification of persons.
More details on published data, methodology, and releases can be found under the sections below.
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