The aim of this study is to document the impact of political and economic crises in DR Congo on international migration using a recent longitudinal survey on international migration conducted in Kinshasa. The data was collected in Kinshasa (DR Congo) in August-September 2007 as part of a research project called “Crisis and international migration in DR Congo”. The survey was conducted among a representative sample of 945 households in Kinshasa, the capital city of DR Congo. This paper is organized around three objectives. The first objective is to measure the impact of economic and political crises on the risks of international migration, using event history analyses. The second objective is to evaluate separately the impact of crises on migration to African countries and to developed countries (mainly Europe and North America). Our results show notably that political crises have a strong impact on migration to developed and developing countries in similar ways. The third objective of this study is to evaluate if sudden economic and political changes influence different people in different ways. We show that migration is less sensitive to crises among the better educated than among the less educated.