Press Release: Migrant integration in the labour market in 2013: Unemployment rate for non-EU citizens notably higher than for nationals in the EU28

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published statistics on the 30 July 2014 for the employment rate of non-EU citizens.

Employment rates differed the most between non-EU citizens and nationals in Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Finland and Germany.

In 2013 in the EU28, the unemployment rate for non-EU citizens(21.3%) aged 20 to 64 was more than twice the level for citizens of the reporting country (10.0%), referred to as 'nationals'. However, the share of people
unemployed for 12 months or more was at almost the same level for non-EU citizens (48.6%) and for nationals
(49.4%).

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Euro area unemployment rate at 11.7% http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-euro-area-unemployment-rate-at-11-7/

EurActiv, 01.08.14: Non-EU citizens twice as likely to be unemployed http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/non-eu-citizens-twice-likely-be-unemployed-303834

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