Migration in the European Union: Trends, Challenges
and Policy Options
Anna Platonova Regional Office for EEA and Switzerland, EU and NATO
Ranstad Labour Market Seminar, November 2013
Overview of the presentation
• Changing global landscape of labour mobility
• Labour migration policy(-ies) in the European Union
• Critical issues
• Way forward
Changing global landscape
• Increasing geographic diversification of the global economy
• Evolution of the demographic trends
• Global skill development
• Skill dimension of migration
• Policy implications
Labour migration policy(-ies) in the EU
• Uneven pathway towards a common EU (labour) immigration policy
• Areas of harmonization, including Blue Card, students & researchers, seasonal workers, intra-corporate transferees
• Free labour mobility within the EU • 28 national labour markets, taxation and
social security systems • Recent non-legislative European
Commission competences on integration
Critical issues I
• Availability of legal channels• Why sensible admission provisions
may not work? – Attractiveness vs. needs– Vulnerability and abuse in international
recruitment– Assessment and recognition of
qualifications and competences– Diversity challenges in hiring and
employment– Beyond the workplace
Critical issues II
• Internationalization of higher education + links between education and the labour market
• Business climate and conditions for innovation
• Socio-economic marginalization of native and resident immigrant population during the recession
• Wider impact of societal diversity
Way forward
• Transnational solutions to transnational challenges
• Helping pre-migration matching between employers and workers
• Industry-wide & multi-stakeholder standards on labour rights and ethical recruitment (example, IOM’s International Recruitment Integrity System – IRIS)
• Business case for diversity?
• From labour market inclusion to wider social cohesion
• Improving the link between immigration policy and labour market needs: role of various actors
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