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Report on the immigrant labour market evolution in six EU countries
Mariana Andrei - Communication Coordinator
28 January 2015
In the context of population ageing and a modest economic growth, few European governments make sufficient efforts to support migrants' occupational mobility towards a decent work. Some countries made significant investments in labour market integration policies over the last decade, but they focused on areas with local labour force shortages, that is, on jobs not wanted by natives. Most new comers struggle to get a job on the European labour market, given their limited language skills, discrimination and the difficulties in having their qualifications recognised. Therefore they go through long periods of inactivity, unemployment or under-qualified work.
The report ,,Aiming Higher: Policies to Get Immigrants into Middle-Skilled Work in Europe”, signed by Meghan Benton, Madeleine Sumption, Kristine Alsvik, Susan Fratzke, Christiane Kuptsch and Demetrios G. Papademetriou is part of a research project funded by the European Union and undertaken in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation. The first part of the project is focused on assessing the influence of individual characteristics and overall economic conditions upon the employment prospects of foreign workers, through case studies in six European countries: the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The second stage of the project aims to assess the impact of integration and labour force attraction policies upon foreign workers in the six countries involved in the research. The project is a result of a collaboration between MPI and ILO, with funding from the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission.
The report analyses the immigrant labour market evolution in the six EU countries, as well as the policies related to labour force integration and development, with a focus on public employment services. There is no fast solution for the problem of immigrants blocked in unemployment or poorly qualified jobs, but the lack of an objective assessment of the situation was an obstacle to taking measures to improve immigrants' position on the labour market.
Source:
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/aiming-higher-policies-get-immigrants-middle-skilled-work-europe
The report ,,Aiming Higher: Policies to Get Immigrants into Middle-Skilled Work in Europe”, signed by Meghan Benton, Madeleine Sumption, Kristine Alsvik, Susan Fratzke, Christiane Kuptsch and Demetrios G. Papademetriou is part of a research project funded by the European Union and undertaken in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation. The first part of the project is focused on assessing the influence of individual characteristics and overall economic conditions upon the employment prospects of foreign workers, through case studies in six European countries: the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The second stage of the project aims to assess the impact of integration and labour force attraction policies upon foreign workers in the six countries involved in the research. The project is a result of a collaboration between MPI and ILO, with funding from the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission.
The report analyses the immigrant labour market evolution in the six EU countries, as well as the policies related to labour force integration and development, with a focus on public employment services. There is no fast solution for the problem of immigrants blocked in unemployment or poorly qualified jobs, but the lack of an objective assessment of the situation was an obstacle to taking measures to improve immigrants' position on the labour market.
Source:
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/aiming-higher-policies-get-immigrants-middle-skilled-work-europe
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