Jill Ahrens Jill Ahrens University of Krems Press 2025 Key points • Embed ethics and rights-based approaches into migration research: Go beyond compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Artificial Intelligence Act, as well as other technical guidelines to minimise harms such as surveillance, discrimination and misuse of data concerning vulnerable groups • Ensure transparency and accountability: Acknowledge uncertainty, avoid uncritical use of categories, and prevent data misuse in shaping restrictive policies. • Build trust and inclusive governance: Strengthen safeguards, clear communication and migrant engagement to support ethical and effective data collection and use. PDFDocument eng 2025-09-30T07:12:39.502500Z 2025-09-30 Research ethics minimse harm transparency accountability data protection irregular migration informed consent undocumented migrant children MIMAP survey data protection sensitive sampling Pseudonymisation record linkage Austrian Micro-Data Centre 453077 b application/pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/