The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the flow of migrants who planned to enter the EU and OECD countries as workers in essential sectors (e.g. health- and care- workers, hospital auxiliary staff, agricultural workers) as well as those who were residing on a temporary or renewable basis for the purpose of work in these sectors. How did EU & OECD countries respond to the need to prevent labour market shortages during the COVID-19 crisis? An answer to this and other questions can be found in the Inform.
14/10/2020
On October 21, the joint EMN-OECD inform on "Maintaining labour migration in essential sectors in times of pandemic" will be launched with a webinar.
07/08/2020
En raison de la pandémie COVID-19, les entretiens personnels des demandeurs de protection internationale au CGRA ont été interrompus en mars. Ils ont recommencé en juin. Pour améliorer la sécurité du personnel et des candidats, une vidéo avec des instructions pratiques a été créée.
05/08/2020
Le premier Inform conjoint de EMN et de l'OCDE sur l'impact du COVID-19 dans le domaine de migration est sorti. L'Inform se concentre sur les réponses des États membres de l'UE et de l'OCDE à la gestion des permis de séjour et du chômage des migrants.
11/06/2020
On 25 June 2020, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) will launch the 2020 edition of its annual flagship EASO Asylum Report. Due to the COVID-19 situation, this year EASO will be holding an online event to present and discuss the findings of the report, as well as developing asylum trends in the EU.
07/05/2020
Border closures and quarantine rules to prevent the spreading of Covid-19 risk having a negative impact on seasonal work. To address labour shortages in the agricultural and horticultural sectors, the federal and regional governments decided to adopt a series of measures in the spring of 2020.
