Migration Policies

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News

Creating Opportunities - Integration, Employment and Social Mobility: European Experiences and Scope for Manoeuvre

27-Jan-2009

By Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General.
The topic of the integration of immigrants is a particularly important one in these challenging times as OECD countries grapple with the economic and financial crisis and the rapid rise of unemployment. Integration is difficult even in good times, so we need to double our efforts to manage it well in bad times.

Helping immigrants and their children find work should be a priority, says OECD

17-Nov-2008

Immigrants in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Portugal are more likely to be unemployed or doing a job for which they are overqualified than people born in that country. Their children, even if born in the country and having left school with qualifications, also find it hard to find work, according to a new OECD report.

International Mobility of Health Professionals and Health Workforce Management in Canada: Myths and Realities

29-Oct-2008

This report (Health Working Paper No. 40) examines the role played by immigrant health workers in the Canadian health workforce as well as the interactions between migration policies and education and health workforce management policies.

Migration of Health Workers: The UK Perspective to 2006

29-Oct-2008

This paper (Health Working Paper No. 38) describes the migration of health workers to the U.K. until 2006 and potential future health expenditure.

Greater international cooperation needed to address looming shortages of doctors and nurses, says OECD

22-Oct-2008

OECD countries should adopt a comprehensive approach to the looming shortage of health workers, reinforce international cooperation and better monitor health workforce policies and international migration of doctors and nurses, according to a new OECD report.

The International Migration Outlook - Edition 2008

09-Sep-2008

The International Migration Outlook has been published in September 2008. International migration has jumped up the policy agenda in OECD countries. This annual publication analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries.


Events

OECD news conference to present "Jobs for Immigrants", Brussels, 17 November 2008

on 17-Nov-2008

Joëlle Milquet, Belgium’s Minister for Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue, and Martine Durand and Thomas Liebig from OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, will present "Jobs for Immigrants: Belgium, France, The Netherlands and Portugal" at a news conference in Brussels at 13.00 PM on Monday 17 November.

Seminar on the integration of immigrants into the labour market

on 15-Jun-2007

A seminar on the integration of immigrants into the labour market, jointly organised by the Portuguese Authorities and the OECD took place in Lisbon on 15 June 2007.



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Jobs for Immigrants - Vol.1: Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden

Reviews of the labour market integration of immigrants and their children.

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