Initiative Employers together for integration DG HOME – Unit B1 - Legal Migration and integration

Context 20 million third country nationals in the EU 4% of total population Migration reasons: Family reunification Work Studies/research International protection

Context A lower employment rate, in particular for women

Context Other indicators indicate unfavourable situation of third-country nationals/host country citizens: Higher risk of poverty or social exclusion Poorer housing coonditions Higher proportion of early school leavers Integration more difficult for refugees and women  Investing on integration is an absolute priority

The demographic challenge: Working–age pop (15-64) in EU-28 In millions 2015-30: Decline by 22 M (or -6.5%) but by 41M (-12.2%) if no migration

Context In 2014/2015/2016: a large influx of asylum seekers to the EU

Commission actions in the field of integration in the labour market

Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals General policy framework for the EU work on integration of TCNs adopted in June 2016. Action plan focuses on 5 Main priority areas and coordination of integration policy: integration in the labour market is one of the 5 priority areas Action plan is being implemented: follow-up online tool oon the EWSI: https://ec.europa.eu/migrant-integration/main-menu/eus-work/actions

European dialogue on skills and migration – 23 May 2017 Mobilizing Economic and social partners on the issue of integration in the labour market European dialogue on skills and migration – 23 May 2017 https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/legal-migration/european-dialogue-skills-and-migration/second-meeting_en key points: • A swift and effective integration of refugees into the labour market is a social and economic imperative • To make migrants' integration happen in an organisation, management must be fully on board in order to remove possible obstacles (legal, financial) • A multistakeholders approach involving economic and social partners and public authorities (EU, national, regional and local) is necessary to raise the challenge of the integration in the labour market.

Initiative employers together for integration Main idea: give visibility at EU level to Employers active on integration Already several large employers joined the initiative, more will join in the coming months:

Partnership on integration with representatives of economic and social partners - Call for proposal 2017 to support policy priorities

Questions / information? antoine.savary@ec.europa.eu Thanks for your attention!