Migrants in the European Union constitute a much higher share of occupations in which national authorities have identified a labor shortage than in occupations without labor shortages, as of 2021. Migrants comprised almost 14 percent of the workforce in all labor shortage occupations in the EU that year, while they made up just 8.2 percent of the workforce in non-shortage occupations. Many European governments see increasing targeted labor migration for work in sectors experiencing shortages as a key way of relieving the widespread labor and skills shortages being experience across the continent.
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Eurostat, & European Commission. (June 30, 2023). Share of migrants in the workforce of labor shortage and non-shortage occupations and sectors in the European Union from 2017 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1448582/share-of-migrants-in-shortage-occupations-eu/
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Eurostat, European Commission. (2023). Share of migrants in the workforce of labor shortage and non-shortage occupations and sectors in the European Union from 2017 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1448582/share-of-migrants-in-shortage-occupations-eu/
Eurostat, and European Commission. "Share of Migrants in The Workforce of Labor Shortage and Non-shortage Occupations and Sectors in The European Union from 2017 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1448582/share-of-migrants-in-shortage-occupations-eu/
Eurostat & European Commission, Share of migrants in the workforce of labor shortage and non-shortage occupations and sectors in the European Union from 2017 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1448582/share-of-migrants-in-shortage-occupations-eu/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Share of migrants in the workforce of labor shortage and non-shortage occupations and sectors in the European Union from 2017 to 2021 [Graph], Eurostat, & European Commission, June 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1448582/share-of-migrants-in-shortage-occupations-eu/