Immigrants

New from Eurostat is Migrants in Europe – A statistical portrait of the first and second generation.

The 155-page publication “looks at a broad range of characteristics of migrants living in the European Union and EFTA countries. It looks separately at the foreign-born, the foreign citizens, and the second generation. It addresses a variety of aspects of the socio-economic situation of migrants including labour market situation, income distribution, and poverty. The effects of different migration-related factors (i.e. reason of migration, length of residence) are examined.”

One of its revelations is that one in three foreign-born people aged 25 to 54 are overqualified for their jobs, compared to one in five native-born.

Press Release 180/2011

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