DOECDInternational Migration Outlook202549thEdition
International MiarationOutlook2025>OECd
This work is published under the responisibility of the Secretary-General of the OFECD. The opinions expressed andargumentsemployedhereindonotnecesarilyrefledtheoffcialviewsofthe MembercountriesoftheOECDThs doument asvwel sany data and map indluded herein,are without prejadiceto the status oforsovereignty over anyteritoy, to the delimiation ofinternatinal frontiersand boundaries and to the name of any teritoy cdty or areaThe statistical data for lsrael are suplied by and un der the esponsibility of the relevant Israeli authorties. The use ofsuch data by the OECD is wifthout preiudice to the status of the Golan He ights. East Jerusale m and Israeli settlementsinsouthemoartof the sand. There is no singlehelsland.Turkive recoanisestheTurkishRepublicoNothem Cvorus TRNC), Unti a asting and eauitable solu ion is found within the contex of the United Nations, Turkiyeshallpreservelitspositionconceringthe'CyprusisueNote byalltheEuropeanUnionMemberStatesoftheOECDandtheEurooeanUniorinformation in this document relates to the area underthe effective contr ol of the Government ofthe Republicof CyprusOFCD(2025)Intemational/MiarationOutlook2025.OFCDblishing, Paris, https://doi org/10.1787/ae26c893-enISBN978-02-64-55431-3(HTTML)IntemationalMigrafon OutlookSN1995-3968(print)SN1909-124X(online)Photocredits:Cover@DavidRooneyCorigenda to OECD pubilications may be found at:thttps/w. oecdf.org/en/publications/support/carigenda.htmlr he Creatfive CommonsAttibution.4.0 Internationallicence.Elyusing this wark, youaccepto be bound by the lerms of this licencthearigihaladlad thefolowingtext:In the event of anydiscrepancybetveenthe originalworkandthe
Forewordrovides abroad overview of recennds in intemational miaration flows. It also analvses recent chanaeson the labour market inclusion oes in migration policies, while Chapter3hmigrants and their children.a tharoleoffirmsinshapinc5OECD countries. The chaptera firms. industries and occupations. Itigrants integrate into the labour market bymovina tomolications for immiarant intearation policy arehe WHOinthecontextofthe"Workingmigration of healthprofessionalsthe context ofgrowing workforces the implications for countriesof ethical recruitment practices.evelopments in intemational historical statitics on immigrant lows, asylumSocialAffairs. Chapter4t benefitedfromoum DialloKunjumen and Jim Campbell1.Statisticalworkwas carried ourby Philipe Herve, Sebastian Higuera, Veronika Strain-Fajth and co-ordinated by Cecile Thoreau.EditorialINTERNATIONALMIGRATIONOUTLOOK2025GOECD2025
EditorialEmployers play a key role in the integration of migrant workers and should besupportedAlthough economic growth has slowed, OECD labour markets remain tight, with persistent shortages ofworkers in critical sectors. These shortaaes are not iust cvclical but reflect structural changesdue todemographic ageing. While migration cannot solve the challenges posed by ageing populations t...
