Even when migrants do get jobs that match their qualifications. If migrant workers were paid as much as comparable workers born in the Netherlands, the economy could grow by 1.4 billion euros annually. Read more:
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Evaline Schot investigates the barriers for educated health and education professionals entering the labor force and discovers two starkly different realities:
while both groups face a daunting but surmountable degree recognition process, one group of professionals has a much easier time acquiring the much needed on the job experience and therefore are able to break into the job market, while the other does not. Find out why:
Many educated migrants never make it that far. Unemployment among highly educated immigrants is also twice as high in percentage terms as among people born in the Netherlands.
“It once again raises the question of whether the Netherlands is making optimal use of the human capital we have here,” said Paul de Beer, a member of cabinet advisor the Advisory Council on Migration.
We were able to investigate and uncover different barriers facing educated migrants, leading to widespread brain waste across Europe. But we have not covered every country in Europe.
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