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Valuing diversity: guidance for labour market integration of migrants

fall in the inflow of migrants persisted until 2010, followed in 2011 by a new
increase.
This immigration is also considerably younger in its structure than the
average of the EU countries, as shown in the population pyramids below (Figure
4). This shows among immigrants a significantly higher concentration of the
population in the age cohorts between 25 and 39, when compared with the
general population.

Figure 4 Age structure of the population and of immigrants (%) in 2011, EU-27

General population Third-country immigrants

Males Females Males Females
> 85 > 85
80 to 84 80 to 84
75 to 79 75 to 79
70 to 74 70 to 74
65 to 69 65 to 69
60 to 64 60 to 64
55 to 59 55 to 59
50 to 54 50 to 54
45 to 49 45 to 49
40 to 44 40 to 44
35 to 39 35 to 39
30 to 34 30 to 34
25 to 29 25 to 29
20 to 24 20 to 24
15 to 19 15 to 19
10 to 14 10 to 14
5 to 9 5 to 9
< 5 years < 5 years

-5.0 0.0 5.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0

Source: Cedefop calculations and graph, starting from available data in Eurostat’s population statistics and
labour force survey. Online data code [demo_pjangroup] and [migr_pop1ctz]) Eurostat, 2011d.
Looking at immigrant inflow to Europe, we notice that the bulk of foreign
nationals residing in Europe are concentrated in a relatively small number of
countries. The top five host countries – Germany, Spain, France, Italy and the
United Kingdom – have more than 77% of the immigrant population. Germany
clearly leads as a host country, with over 4.5 million third-country nationals,
followed by Spain and Italy, both with over 3.1 million.

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