Memo: Employment: Commissioners Malmström and Andor welcome the new OECD report on international migration trends

European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström and László Andor, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, have welcomed the OECD report International Migration Outlook 2013, published on 13 June 2013.

The OECD report analyses the recent trends in international migration, the labour market situation of migrants and two topics of high interest at EU level: the fiscal impact of migration and how to measure and tackle discrimination against immigrants. It also calls upon governments to adapt migration policies to promote economic migration in order to tackle shortages in the short-run but also long-term challenges such as demographic ageing.

The report clearly shows that migrant's labour market situation has worsened over the past years, both in terms of absolute levels and compared with the nationals' situation.