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International migration to OECD countries continues to grow in response to labour needs

25-Jun-2007

Migration to OECD countries continues to rise, according to the latest edition of the OECD’s annual report on migration movements and policies, International Migration Outlook 2007. About four million new immigrants entered OECD countries on a permanent basis in 2005, an increase of 10% from 2004.

Jobs for Immigrants (vol. 1): Labour Market Integration in Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden

21-Jun-2007

This publication presents reviews of the labour market integration of immigrants and their children in four countries (Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden), provides country-specific recommendations and a synthesis report.

Interview by John P. Martin at Eurasylum on "Current migration trends in OECD Countries"

26-Feb-2007

Current immigration trends in OECD countries, the role of remittances in developing countries and the integration of immigrants and their children in OECD countries are among the themes which Mr. Martin will be considering.

The labour market integration of immigrants and their children (OECD country reviews)

26-Feb-2007

The OECD is currently carrying out country studies on the labour market integration of immigrants and their children (the second generation).

Jobs and Incomes - The restated OECD Jobs Strategy - DELSA Newsletter N° 3

04-Sep-2006

The third issue of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Newsletter is now available. It focuses on the restated Jobs Strategy and on the challenge of increasing employment in OECD countries, the topic of a recent high-level policy forum.  It also reports on the first reviews of disability policies, and presents a new project to measure adult skills.

Immigration rises in OECD countries but asylum requests fall, says OECD

08-Jun-2006

Between 3 and 3.5 million immigrants, including those already living in their new country on a temporary basis, became official long-term residents in OECD countries in 2004, according to International Migration Outlook, the latest edition of the OECD’s annual report on migration movements and policies.

OECD education systems leave many immigrant children floundering, report shows

16-May-2006

Many developed countries are failing to help children of immigrant families integrate into society through education. According to a new OECD study, immigrant children in some OECD countries lag more than two years behind their native counterparts in school performance, and a sizeable gap remains often even after accounting for socio-economic factors.

OECD project on Health Workforce and Migration

21-Apr-2006

The expected outputs of this project include the preparation of a statistical compendium on the stock of health worker immigrants in OECD countries by detailed country of birth and occupation, a document on current trends and policies on the international mobility of health professionals, and a document based on an in-depth analysis of health workforce policies and trends and migration inter-actions in selected OECD countries (case studies).

OECD Stat Brief n°9 - The comparability of International Migration Statistics

07-Feb-2006

Why is it so difficult to get the international picture right with respect to the extent of migration flows? This Brief, which deals only with legal migration, as measured in the statistics of the receiving countries, explains the reasons and proposes some practical steps that could be taken to improve the situation.

Older workers: Living longer, working longer -- Second issue of the Directorate's Newsletter

17-Jan-2006

The second issue of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Newsletter is now available. It focuses on the challenge of encouraging people to work longer as life expectancy increases, the topic of a recent high-level policy forum in Brussels.




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