Economic Migration - EU

Question 1

What are the impacts of economic migration within the EU?

Answer 1

• Labour markets in which migrants accounted for 47% of increase in the workforce in the United States and 70% of Europe in past ten years
• Migrants fill important niches both in fast-growing and declining sectors of the economy

Question 2

In terms of economic growth what does migration do?

Answer 2

• Migration boots the working-age population

- Migrants arrive with the skills and contribute to human capital development of receiving countries