HALF OF OECD COUNTRIES have immigrant populations of around 10% or higher  




International Migration Outlook 2006

This first issue of the International Migration Outlook analyses recent trends in migration movements and policies in all OECD countries. For the first time, it includes harmonised statistics on long-term international migration inflows for most OECD countries. The report highlights the growing importance of immigrants from Russia, Ukraine, China and Latin America, as well as increasing feminisation of the flows. It describes the importance of the immigrant population and its contribution to human capital in receiving countries. The determinants of the employment situation are also analysed, with a particular focus on recent measures to facilitate the integration of immigrant women into the labour market.

This volume reflects the increasing interest of member countries in the recruitment of highly skilled immigrants by selective policies as well as the recourse to temporary, often seasonal, low-skilled immigrants. Special attention is paid to pinpointing policies aimed at improving the management of migration flows and integration policies focusing on programmes for newcomers, from compulsory language courses to job-oriented initiatives, and to the strengthening of anti-discrimination and diversity measures. Developments in international co-operation for labour migration as well as for better border control in the fight against irregular migration are also described, with a special focus on the impact of the European Union enlargement on inflows of immigrant workers to OECD countries.

 

June 2006
315 pages
€79/ $99 /£54 /¥11 000
ISBN 92-64-03627-X

 

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  • REMITTANCES – money sent from immigrant workers to their country of origin– in developing countries, represent three times the amount given through official development aid.

  • 25% OF THE LABOUR FORCE are immigrant workers in Switzerland and Australia, compared to less than 1.5% at the other end of the scale, in Japan.

  • YOUNG IMMIGRANTS -15 to 24 year-olds - are around twice as likely to be unemployed than their native-born peers in France, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark.

 

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