Migration policies

special studies

Return Migration and Reintegration

Return, Reintegration and Re-migration: Understanding Return Dynamics and the Role of Family and Community (publication 2024)
Sustainable Reintegration of Returning Migrants: A Better Homecoming (publication, 2020)

Migration in time of crisis

Maintaining labour migration in essential setors in times of pandemic (inform, 2020)
Impact of covid-19 on international students in EU and OECD Member States (inform, 2020)
EU and OECD Member States responses to managing residence permits and migrant unemployment during the covid-19 pandemic (inform, 2020)
International Migration: Charting a Course through the Crisis (policy brief, 2009)

Family migration

Family ties: How family reunification can impact migrant integration? (International Migration Outlook, 2019)
A portrait of Family Migration in OECD Countries (International Migration Outlook, 2017)
Adapting to Changes in Family Migration: the Experiences of OECD countries (conference, 2013)

Migration and Health

Changing patterns in the international migration of doctors and nurses to OECD countries (International Migration Outlook, 2015)
International Migration of Health Workers (policy brief, 2010)
The Looming Crisis in the Health Workforce. How Can OECD Countries Respond? (publication, 2008)
I mmigrant Health Workers in OECD Countries in the Broader Context of Highly Skilled Migration (International Migration Outlook, 2007)

Low-skilled migration

Management of low-skilled migration (International Migration Outlook, 2008)

Highly skilled migration

Attracting and retaining qualified talents in Flanders and Wallonia (project, 2023)
The OECD Indicators of Talent Attractiveness (2023 edition)
A Multi-criteria Points-Based System for Managing Labour Migration to the Czech Republic (report, 2022; available in ENG, CZE)
Feasibility Study on the Development of an EU Talent Pool (report, 2022; summaries available in ENG, FRA, ESP, DEU)
Building an EU Talent Pool: A New Approach to Migration Management‎ for Europe (publication, 2019)
Managing highly-skilled Labour Migration: a Comparative Analysis of Migration Policies and Challenges in OECD Countries (working paper, 2009)

Managing migration

Engaging with Employers in Skills Mobility Partnerships - Business Advisory Group to the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) (report, January 2024)
SDG INDICATOR 10.7.2 Number of countries with migration policies to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people (UN-IOM-OECD policy brief, December 2021)
Addressing the illegal employment of foreign workers (International Migration Outlook, 2018)
Workers Crossing Borders. A Road-map for Managing Labour Migration (International Migration Outlook, 2009)
Are quotas and numerical limits the solution? (International Migration Outlook, 2006)
Migration for Employment. Bilateral Agreements at a Crossroads (publication, 2004)

country studies of labour migration policies

The publications Recruiting Immigrant Workers analyse whether a country labour migration policy is effectively and efficiently using migration policy to help meet its labour needs, without adverse effects on national labour markets.

Canada (2019)
Korea (2019)
Australia (2018)
France (2017)
The Netherlands (2016)
Europe (2016)
Austria (2014)
Norway (2014)
New Zealand (2014)
Germany (2013)
Sweden (2011)
Israel (2011)

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