Attracting Skills and Talent to the EU
What should we focus on?
Download Population & Policy Compact 37/2022 (441 KB)Key Messages
- Migration policies on their own are not enough to attract skilled migrants. The EU should further intensify its efforts in attracting skills and talents, focusing on creating a comprehensive and multi-sectoral strategy.
- The EU and its Member States need to invest in potential migrants‘ perception of the region. Welcoming communities and individuals’ own motivations play an important role in migrants’ decision-making processes on where to go.
- Recognition of foreign migrants‘ credentials should be streamlined, simplified and facilitated at the EU level, without compromising on the level of skills sought. This not only ensures that efficient skill matching is possible but also creates an environment in which migrant skills are valued.
- Consideration should also be given to an EU-supported programme aimed at attracting back nationals who have emigrated.
References
- Anger S., Bassetto J. and Sandner M. (2022) Making Integration Work? Facilitating Access to Occupational Recognition and Immigrants’ Labor Market Performance. IAB-Discussion Paper 11/2022, Nuremberg: Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
- Czaika M., Erdal M.B. and Talleraas C. (2021) Theorising the interaction between migration-relevant policies and migration driver environments. QuantMig Project Deliverable 1.4. Krems/Oslo: Danube University Krems and PRIO. Available via www.quantmig.eu
- Di Iasio V. and Wahba J. (2021). Natives’ Attitudes and Immigration Flows to Europe. QuantMig Project Deliverable D3.3. Southampton: University of Southampton. Available via www.quantmig.eu
- Navarra C. and Fernandes M., (2021) Legal migration policy and law. European Added Value Assessment. Brussels: European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS). Available via https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/home
What should we focus on?
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