. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring …Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor …. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages, immigrants are heavily exposed to poverty. This is explained by low …

Maintaining high participation and employment in the face of the recent recession and a rapidly ageing population are … and employment. Institutional responsibilities in labour market policies should be simplified and made more transparent …

Maintaining high participation and employment in the face of the recent recession and a rapidly ageing population are … and employment. Institutional responsibilities in labour market policies should be simplified and made more transparent …

only if immigrants are in work. Yet a significant proportion of immigrants have found it quite difficult to get work in … generous social benefits that have caught many of the least skilled immigrants in a benefit trap. A heightened appreciation of … these problems, including a tighter focus on the economic situation of the immigrants already present, have underpinned the …

national and international supply chains. This would also benefit agriculture that accounts for almost a third of employment in …

only if immigrants are in work. Yet a significant proportion of immigrants have found it quite difficult to get work in … generous social benefits that have caught many of the least skilled immigrants in a benefit trap. A heightened appreciation of … these problems, including a tighter focus on the economic situation of the immigrants already present, have underpinned the …

substitutable with immigrants may lose, calling for a smooth working of labour and product markets in OECD countries. The paper also …

substitutable with immigrants may lose, calling for a smooth working of labour and product markets in OECD countries. The paper also …

-growing sectors. However, there are important challenges regarding the integration of immigrants and their children that need to be … immigrants requires more effective language training for adults and an improvement in skills recognition procedures. At the same … time, immigrants need more opportunities to work in the public sector and the adult learning system should be adjusted to …