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International Migration Division OECD but personal account. 99% posts related to visa/permit policy, employment, integration, population, stats, evaluations.
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Blackness does a lot of heavy lifting symbolically for migration in Europe. This stock photo (I leave it to you to guess the keywords) pops up every few months in German media articles on migration topics like "Germany's lack of skilled workers hurting its economy". www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

Latest figures on number of foreigners employed in Japan show 12% annual increase to 2.3M. Much of the increase is in Technical Interns (to transition to new programme) and in the new SSW route (+50% to 200K) Still only 3.5% of total employment but trend is clear.

14th annual conference CEPII-OECD Conference "#Immigration in OECD Countries" kicks off with a keynote from Leah Boustan "Where are the Streets of Gold? Immigrants Success in the US and Europe"

🚨 We are hiring! The #OECD is looking to hire one or several Economists / Policy Analysts to work on labour market and social policy, including on #inequalities. The vacancy is open until 3 January 2025. Please spread the word, retweet and apply! #EconSky smrtr.io/pfCMb

Iraq opened a one-month regularisation window for workers from Syria, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Iraq's Minister of Labour said last week there are 800K-1M foreign workers in irregular status. Also many legal FWs, including in domestic sector. AFP piece: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

The 2024 International Migration Outlook is available for free download now! I'll be skeeting some of the more interesting parts in this 380 page tome but here are some headline figures. www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue...

🇮🇹 "La migrazione: cambiamenti in corso". L'Ocse International Migration Outlook 2024. Oggi alle 15.30 a Roma e zoom. la registrazione in presenza (quasi al completo) www.eventbrite.it/e/la-migrazi... su zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hi, I'm Jonathan Chaloff, I work on migration policy issues at the OECD. I skeet irregularly but follow accounts mostly on current migration policy, statistics, monitoring and evaluation. I plug publications from OECD and other policy nerd stuff and try to answer wonk queries. www.oecd.org/migration

Migration Nerds! It's the time of year you get ready to read what's in the annual OECD International Migration Outlook. 14 November 11AM CET Stats, trends in flows, policy trends, analysis... Livestream: brnw.ch/21wOvBb Plus it'll be free to download from www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue... !

Presentiamo: ⚫️le ultime tendenze migratorie nei paesi Ocse ⚫i cambiamenti nelle politiche migratorie ⚫️l'evoluzione degli esiti dei migranti La presentazione in Italia del rapporto Ocse coincide col lancio mondiale dell'International Migration Outlook 2024. 14 novembre, Roma🔽

For anyone with in-depth knowledge of migration/integration policies, the International Migration Division at OECD has vacancies! Background in economics, public policy, socsci, law, etc. Quantitative skills help but looking for range of profiles Apply jobs.smartrecruiters.com/OECD/7440000...

The world's largest (and only) migration statistics conference - more than 500 participants, dozens of sessions - will be in Malmö, Sweden, 16-18 June 2025 Co-organised by OECD, IOM and UNDESA. Paper/Session proposals can be submitted by 1 December.⬇️ oe.cd/ifms-2025

Most countries have labour market tests before authorising work permits for foreigners. But do these work??? What happens if we cancel them? (I spend a LOT of time on this question) Finally, a study of effects of lifting the LMT on flows & earnings! labore.fi/julkaisu/reg...

A reminder to be very careful with your logframes, you don't want to end up being Box 10 of the European Court of Auditors report on the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) www.eca.europa.eu/en/news/NEWS...

"You couldn't pay me to move there". Yet many OECD countries do just that: offer tax relief for migrants and returning nationals. Does it work? Is it worth the cost? This brief explores the question doi.org/10.1787/5a23... 1/

What we can learn from experiences of return migration - spontaneous, assisted, forced, etc. - to inform policy development in migration and development? What role of family, community? 31.1.24 14h CET To get link to hear findings from 4 workshops & new research, see alt-text

How do OECD countries respond to domestic violence against migrants? Many offer special visas or conditions, but protection of survivors varies in terms of eligibility, duration and other aspects. This brief compares and analyses these protections. www.oecd.org/migration/mi...

Korea Population Forum 2023 discussed “migration planning” Why? Falling birth numbers and "risk of extinction“ are hot policy topics 1970 - 1m babies 2002 - 500k 2022 - 250k TFR of 0.78 But what does "migration planning" mean? Let's take a look... 1/9

Can Job Search Visas help labour migration matching? Recent JSVs: PT: Procura trabalho, 120 days, for anyone JP: J-Skip – up to 5 years, high-educated, -paid DE: Chancenkarte – 1 year, points-based, skilled SE: High-ed New OECD brief looks at JSVs past and present t.co/9jg3pXVeQp