In 2023 Employment rate Of Immigrants i Villages Deal area OECD reached an all-time high. 71.8%While unemployment He went down 7.3%indicating a general improvement over previous years.
This has come out from the new report. International Migration Outlook 2024 of the OECD which portrays the integration of the increasing work of immigrant populations in member countries. ‘ItalyHowever, on the one hand it suffers from chronic staff shortages in certain productive sectors and on the other hand it seems unable to take advantage of the opportunity offered by foreign workers as it struggles to integrate.
More migrant workers in OECD countries
At a general level, the trend is driven by strong demand. labor In many OECD economies, this has affected Structural shortage of workers And important Demographic changes. Canada, the US, the UK and EU countries are among those that have recorded the highest growth, thanks to welcoming policies that encourage participation in the labor market. In 2023, they were further released. 2.4 million Of Work PermitWith an increase of +16% compared to 2022 and +28% compared to pre-pandemic levels.
A symbolic case is that of Ukrainian refugees: in Eastern European countries, such as Poland, Lithuania and Estonia, more than 50% of them have found work. However, in countries such as Germany, Austria and Belgium, only one in four managed to access the job market, leading to Language barriers, Policies of integration Less efficient e Social networks less solid.
There is one constant in almost all OECD countries: there are important sectors of work for immigrants. Trade Wholesale and retail, construction, i Domestic servicesthe Caring for people And Catering.
The Italian case
i Italy gave Immigrant population represents the 10.9% of tomorrow, with 6.4 million peoplebut theirs Employment rateequal to 64%remains well below the OECD average (71.8%). Even unemploymental 10.3%far higher than the EU average figure (7.3%). These numbers reflect the difficulties of integration in our country, where immigrants face discrimination, language barriers and bureaucratic hurdles.
INPS and independent institutions have repeatedly reiterated how, in addition to policies to support the birth rate, which will have an impact on the next generation, the employment and participation situation in Italy will change in the short and medium term. One of these treatments will be to do. Better integration of immigrants into the labor market.
Despite a +13% increase in the foreign population since 2013, Italy offers few business opportunities for immigrants. gave Rate of entrepreneurship Among foreigners it is -6.1% lower than among Italian citizens, due to difficulties in accessing credit and support for starting a business. This figure contrasts with the OECD average, where immigrant industries have created 4 million new jobs over the past decade.
The number of Italian immigrants is increasing.
But, in addition to the demographic winter and the poor ability to integrate immigrants, the migration of young Italians abroad also weighs on the professional “population” of the peninsula: in 2022 Italian citizens who choose to move to OECD countries What’s more, their numbers increased. +14%. Data concerns 152,000 people. The most attractive countries for Italians are Spain (32%), Germany (14%) and Switzerland (12%).
