More than 1 million immigrants come to the European Union each year, more than to any single OECD destination country. The number of people born outside Europe living in the EU rose faster in the 2000s than in the previous decade. The European Union is facing impending skills sh…
Recruiting immigrant workers: Europe 2016
by OECD, Europäische Kommission
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The OECD series Recruiting Immigrant Workers comprises country studies of labour migration policies. Each volume analyses whether migration policy is being used effectively and efficiently to help meet labour needs, without adverse effects on labour markets. It focuses mainly on…
Recruiting immigrant workers: The Netherlands 2016
by OECD
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The Dutch labour migration system has undergone substantive changes in recent years. To induce a transition to more high-skilled migration, a programme based on salary thresholds has grown in volume while a programme based on work permits after a labour market test has shrunk. N…