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Based on a survey of rural-urban migrants and subsequent in-depth interviews in Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province in China, this article first provides a brief review of migrants' housing conditions, and assesses the current approaches in meeting their housing needs and security. We then examine migrants' housing needs in the context of their mobility and their diversified migration flows, demonstrating that migrants have different housing needs from local urban residents, and among themselves. The article also explores the policy implications of this analysis, and makes policy recommendations, focusing mainly on redefining the roles of the state and the necessity of making policies to meet the diversified needs of rural-urban migrants in the provision of housing and housing security. (IDS Bulletin/GIGA)

In general, data on international migration in China are limited. The Entry-Exit Administration classifies foreigners in China into short-term migrants, long-term migrants and permanent residents. Emigrants from China include tourists, those visiting relatives, students, workers, permanent residents, Xinyimin (new emigrants or those who left China from 1978 to live permanently abroad), and ChuJing (leaving the border or Mainland Chinese bound for Taiwan, China; Hong Kong (China) and Macau (China). The census does not collect information on international migration. Furthermore, data on unauthorized migration into and from China are unavailable. China needs an agency that would coordinate the collection of data on international migration.