Migration Policy Debates and Data Briefs
The page features all policy debates, data briefs, joint OECD-EMN publications and policy briefs, all of which offer comprehensive overviews of latest developments in policies in migration management and integration, statistical evidence from recent trends, the Inform series from the OECD and the European Migration Network and data, analysis and recommendations addressing current issues in migration policy.
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(EMN-OECD joint study, December 2025) This joint EMN-OECD study provides a comprehensive overview of labour migration laws, policies, initiatives, and practices targeting third-country nationals in EMN Member Countries and Serbia between January 2021 and June 2024. It examines how labour migration is used to address current and future workforce shortages, covering key countries of origin and crucial labour sectors. The study highlights the challenges faced and the practices considered by countries with regard to labour migration.Learn more
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(EMN-OECD Inform, November 2025) This joint EMN-OECD Inform describes how EMN Member States, EMN Observer Countries and Non-EU OECD-Countries shaped and further developed access to rights and support measures for beneficiaries of temporary protection between 2023 and 2025.Learn more
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(EMN-OECD Inform, October 2025) This joint EMN-OECD Inform examines language and literacy support measures that adult beneficiaries of international protection can acess in the EMN Member and Observer Countries. It adresses formal and non-formal measures and identifies good practices.Learn more
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10 PagesThis Migration Data Brief, produced in partnership with the International Data Alliance of Children on the Move (IDAC), offers an overview of key indicators for children of immigrants across the OECD, comparing their living conditions and their integration at school with those of their peers with no migration background.Learn more
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(EMN-OECD Inform, March 2025) This joint EMN OECD Inform presents an overview of the different approaches to the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and subsequent adaptation of migration strategies in EMN Member and Observer Countries and non-EU OECD Countries. It provides a comparative analysis, highlighting variations in the approaches to migration strategies across countries. The inform also provides some examples of common challenges and good practices in developing and implementing migration strategies.Learn more
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(EMN-OECD Inform, February 2025) This joint EMN-OECD Inform provides an overview of innovative initiatives to attract foreign talent between January 2021 and March 2024 by EMN Member Countries and selected non-EU OECD member countries. It also analyses whether and how EMN Member Countries monitor the effectiveness of these initiatives and identify related challenges and good practices.Learn more
Migration Policy Debates
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Can Job Search Visas help OECD Countries improve labour migration matching? 1 December 2023 12 Pages
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What role for migration and migrants in the green transition of OECD countries? 1 December 2023 9 Pages
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How can European countries improve the integration of youth with migrant parents? 21 April 2021 8 Pages
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How does having immigrant parents affect the outcomes of children in Europe? 22 December 2017 5 Pages
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L’école est‑elle (encore) un des principaux vecteurs d’intégration en France ? 1 septembre 2015 4 Pages
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Migration Data Briefs
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Socio‑economic Integration of forcibly‑displaced populations in Latin America and Caribbean 26 February 2024 16 Pages
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What have been the lessons learnt on data collection and monitoring during the Ukrainian refugee crisis? 22 September 2023 5 Pages
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Will migration help increase the educational level of the European labour force by 2030? 20 April 2018 4 Pages
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European Migration Network (EMN) - OECD joint Inform
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Labour migration in times of labour shortages 1 December 2025
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Designing migration strategies 1 March 2025
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New and innovative ways to attract foreign talents in the EU 1 February 2025
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The impact of COVID-19 on remittances in EU and OECD countries 1 December 2020
Policy Briefs and other publications
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Strengthening the human capital of forcibly displaced persons in and from Ukraine 11 June 2024 12 Pages
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What we know about the skills and early labour market outcomes of refugees from Ukraine 6 January 2023 19 Pages
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What has been the impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic on immigrants? An update on recent evidence 30 August 2022 27 Pages
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How best to communicate on migration and integration in the context of COVID 19 21 December 2020 10 Pages
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What is the impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic on immigrants and their children? 19 October 2020 26 Pages
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