Introduction to special issue: Labour market integration of highly skilled refugees in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands

ABSTRACTArctic Norway is a region with a shortage of highly skilled professionals and international expertise, in many work sectors. Fast growing cites attract people from other regions and also high skilled migrants. It is a paradox that skilled migrants often fail to get qualified work in the local labour market. To understand this and to capture the complexity of labour market participation, this article draws on interviews with recruitment agencies and highly skilled migrants, attending a recruitment programme initiated by the ‘Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry in Norway’. This paper draws on recent literature on highly skilled migration and analyses the complex and relational sides of labour market integration for skilled migrants in an urban Arctic town.

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Social capital and the labour market integration experiences of Afghan refugees in the Netherlands

Migration and Development ◽

10.1080/21632324.2020.1806603 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Sayed Nasrat

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Labour Market ◽

Market Integration ◽

Afghan Refugees ◽

Labour Market Integration

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Asylum-seekers and refugees within Europe and labour market integration

Transfer European Review of Labour and Research ◽

10.1177/1024258919829995 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 13-24

Author(s):

Johanna K Schenner ◽

Anders Neergaard

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Asylum Seekers ◽

Market Integration ◽

Market Access ◽

Labour Markets ◽

Special Issue ◽

Labour Market Integration ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Asylum Seekers And Refugees ◽

The Eu

This special issue seeks to investigate and understand the various experiences of asylum-seekers, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection and refugees in accessing labour markets across the EU and EEA countries. The first section of this introduction provides an overview of the three groups of people who are the focus of this special issue and their relationship to the labour markets in the EU Member States and EEA countries. The second section provides insights into how the essential features of their labour market integration may be understood by using Levitas’ discourse analysis. The third section explores a range of different labour market access dimensions by focusing not only on the human capital aspects of migration in general but also on the contextual factors of civic stratification; the broader societal context, including public opinion and civil society; the background and situation of earlier migrants, especially asylum-seekers and refugees with respect to national/federal laws; and the countries of origin of migrants as well as demographic trends across the EU. The fourth and final section explains and justifies the focus of this special issue and emphasises the relevance of this topic.

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