Labour market policy

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Labour market policy Migration issues for
national development
E. Römpczyk, 2006
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European Migration Context Europe's demographic
situation characterized growing life expectancy
declining birth rates decrease of their
native populations.
In contrast to earlier historical periods,
most countries of Europe now see more
Immigrants entering than emigrants leaving.
As a result, the EU as a whole and most
Member States report population growth mainly
driven by net gains from migration.
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European Year for Workers Mobility 2006
Half a million east Europeans come to work in
Britain since 2004
Half a million Latvians left LV since independence
EU G6 nations agree to fight terrorism and
illegal immigration
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Half a million east Europeans come to work in
Britain since 2004
Poles vast majority of
registered workers
264,560 Lithuanians 50,535 Slovakians
44,300 Latvians 26,745.
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Source Composite Matrix, the Development
Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and
Poverty.
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Immigration Potential
According to UN Population Division foreign
born represented 19.5 (449,215) of total
population of Latvia in 2005.
all actors question their role
contribution to Latvias development ?
Source UN Population Division. 2006. Trends in
Total Migrant Stock The 2005 Revision.POP/DB/MIG
/Rev.2005
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Emigration challenge

• Latvian emigrants are a big loss
• for society and state
• brain drain (loss of LV investment)
• b) lack of human resources
• for transformation process now /
• next years

all actors question their role
contribution to Latvias development ?
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Emigration potential

• Latvian emigrants could be a
• Contribution to transformation process
• for society and state
• - if motivated to return
• future oriented professionalisation
• b) Complex thinking to better imple-
• mentation of complex processes
• in times of globalisation

all actors question their role
contribution to Latvias development ?
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Labour market policy Migration issues for
national development
can not be solved on national level alone
all actors question their role
contribution to Latvias development ?
can not be solved by national state alone
can not be solved by national Unions alone
can not be solved by entrepreneurs alone
but ...
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Labour market policy Migration issues for
national development
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Labour market policy Migration issues for
national development