Trends in International Migration 2002

Continuous Reporting System on Migration

Bibliographic Data

ID19895809
AuthorsOECD OECD (corresponding author), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Year2003
Pages372
Publication date2003-02-24
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueTrends in international migration (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOECD (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1787/migr_outlook-2002-en
OpenAlexW4251644970
ISBN9789264199491
Open LibraryOL22014759M
LanguageEN
Citations received16

This twenty-seventh annual report of the OECD Continuous Reporting System on Migration draws in large part on 32 written contributions from national correspondents (see the list at the end of this report), and on the summary of their discussions at their last annual meeting (December 2001).The 2002 Edition is divided into three parts and a Statistical Annex.Part I describes overall trends in international migration.It focuses on the magnitude, the nature and the direction of flows, as well as the presence of foreign workers in the labour market and in the various sectors of economic activity.Special attention is also given to changes in the countries of origin of immigrants.Two additional sections describe in detail migration in East and South-East Asia together with migration movements in and from Central and Eastern Europe.Part I is completed by an overview of migration policies, in particular those relating to the control of flows, the fight against irregular migration and illegal employment of foreigners, as well as the integration of immigrants in host countries and international co-operation between sending and receiving countries.Part II is devoted to a comparative analysis of recent studies of labour shortages and the needs for immigrants.The available studies confirm the existence of labour market tightness, especially for skilled employment.The report highlights the diversity of methods used by OECD countries to evaluate current and future labour shortages, with a special focus on the needs for IT workers as well as social and medical personnel, and teachers.Labour market tightness also exists for some low-skilled jobs.However, not all OECD countries are necessarily considering an increase in labour-related migration as an answer to the problem of labour shortages.The report also shows that it is important to improve the way present and future generations are prepared and trained to meet the needs of the labour market.Part III is composed of country notes describing recent developments in migration flows and policies in twenty-nine OECD countries and selected non-member countries (The Baltic States, Bulgaria and Romania)

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