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Immigration in UK – It added 2.4 million individuals with low numeracy skills research finds
Each year more than 300,000 people leave the UK to begin a new life overseas. In their place around 450,000 immigrants travel across our borders to seek new opportunities. But do immigrants adequately fill the jobs, and skills gaps, left behind by those who leave the UK? And do emigrants from this country enjoy a … Continue reading
UK – The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) reports on the partial review of the shortage occupation list (SOL)
In the year ending September 2014, 46,000 Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) applications were made for out-of-country, non-EU citizens to permit them to work in the UK. There are three main routes: Thus, the shortage occupation route accounts for only a small fraction (3.0 per cent) of the total annual inflow of non-EU work migrants. In … Continue reading
Immigrant Integration in Europe – The Role of Origin Countries
A number of major migrant-sending countries (including Morocco, Turkey, and Mexico) have started to promote the successful integration of their immigrants abroad, with the expectation that successfully integrated immigrants have more to offer their countries of origin. Until now, the substantial diaspora engagement measures seen most often at the national level have overshadowed activities at the regional … Continue reading
Immigrant Women’s Labour Market Activity in Canada – The enduring influence of source-country gender-role attitudes
Previous studies have found a strong association between source-country female labour force participation rates and immigrant women’s labour force participation in the host country. This relationship is interpreted as the enduring influence of source-country gender-role attitudes on immigrant women’s labour market activity. However, the assumption that source-country female labour force participation levels closely capture cultural … Continue reading
Immigration and Population in US – Slowing population decline in many counties
Over the past 25 years, the total immigrant population has increased and spread across the country. In 1990, the foreign-born population was 19.7 million or 7.9 percent of the U.S. total, with nearly 3 out of 4 immigrants (73 percent) living in either California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, or Texas.2 By 2010, approximately … Continue reading
Immigration – The points system is dead
Canada in January 2015 is set to launch a revamped immigrant selection system known as “Express Entry,” after extensive preparations throughout 2014. After several years of upheaval in Canadian immigration policy, this moment marks the end of a quietrevolution: the demise of the traditional points system worldwide. Rather than giving permanent residence to any immigrant … Continue reading
By 2030, many of the world’s largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs Rainer Strack says
It sounds counterintuitive, but by 2030, many of the world’s largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs. In this data-filled — and quite charming — talk, human resources expert Rainer Strack suggests that countries ought to look across borders for mobile and willing job seekers. But to do that, … Continue reading
Global Talent – High level of willingness to work abroad Boston Consulting Group and The Network find
Together, The Boston Consulting Group and The Network conducted research on today’s global workforce—everything from what people in different parts of the world expect of their jobs to what would prompt them to move to another country for work to the countries they would consider moving to. More than 200,000 people from 189 countries participated … Continue reading
Highly-Skilled Migration in US – LinkedIn data show a decrease, from 2000 to 2012, in the percentage of professional migrants, worldwide
There is a large body of literature, mainly in the disciplines of sociology, demography, economics, and geography, about international migration, and, more specifically, highly-skilled migration. It is beyond the scope of this article to discuss theories of migration and the rich and healthy debate about them. With this article we emphasize an outstanding problem in … Continue reading
Immigration and Population in US – Four key trends
Four key trends. Immigrants have moved beyond traditional gateways. Native-born population has declined in Middle America. Immigration has driven population growth in the Sun Belt, Pacific Northwest, and Mountain States. Immigration has slowed population declines in Middle America. Map 4 illustrates the changes in foreign- and native-born populations and highlights areas where the growth of … Continue reading
Low Income among Immigrants in Canada – Declined significantly in the 2000s, but not relative to Canadian-born
During the 1980s and 1990s, immigration was associated with the rise in low-income rates and family-income inequality in Canada. Over the 2000s, there were significant changes in the labour market and in immigrant selection. This paper focuses on the direct effect of immigration on the change in low income and family-income inequality over the 1995-to-2010 … Continue reading
High-skilled Foreign Workers in Canada – Express Entry could change things
Some employers fear Americans working in Canada through the North American Free Trade Agreement, foreign nationals who have transferred to a Canadian branch and international youth working in Canada could be sideswiped by rules under the new express entry system that starts Jan. 1. New regulations suggest employers who want to offer permanent jobs to high-skilled … Continue reading
Immigration in Canada – Launching Express Entry
Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today confirmed it’s one month and counting until Express Entry launches a new phase of active immigration recruitment to meet economic and labour market needs. Potential candidates can create their profile on January 1st, 2015, with the first Invitations to Apply issued within weeks. Express Entry will help … Continue reading
Consider migrants as a resource rather than a problem says OECD
The increasing number of people moving within the European Union is driving the rise in migration registered in OECD countries, after several years of decline caused by the crisis. High skilled migration and humanitarian movements to OECD countries are also increasing. Migration policies need to keep pace with these changes, according to a new OECD … Continue reading
Immigration in UK – 583,000 persons in the year ending June 2014, up from 502,000 in the previous 12 months
Net long-term migration to the UK was estimated to be 260,000 in the year ending June 2014, a statistically significant increase from 182,000 in the previous 12 months. While net migration has increased since the most recent low of 154,000 in the year ending September 2012, it remains below the peak of 320,000 in the … Continue reading
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