Deze EMN inform, gezamenlijk opgesteld door het Europees Migratienetwerk en de Organisatie voor Economische Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling (OESO), biedt een analyse van werkgelegenheidstrends, beleidsprioriteiten en maatregelen om de integratie van ontheemden uit Oekraïne op de arbeidsmarkt van gastlanden te vergemakkelijken. 

The Flemish government has decided that third-country workers – from outside the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – will follow a mandatory tailored integration trajectory from 2027. The initiative, proposed by Minister Hilde Crevits, will be delivered digitally and can be started in the country of origin or within six months of arrival in Flanders. The programme provides essential information on work, rights and responsibilities, and Flemish norms and values. Certain temporary or seasonal workers, students, and holiday-work participants are excluded.

The latest International Migration Outlook 2024 includes a special focus on immigrant entrepreneurship. It highlights that migrants represent a growing share of total entrepreneurs in OECD countries. In 2022, 17% of the self-employed in OECD countries on average were migrants, up from 11% in 2006.