A new JRC Technical Report looks at the labour market participation trends for natives, EU-born migrants and non-EU born migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report confirms that the pandemic had an unequal impact on the employment rates among native and migrant workers.
Two thirds of the 3 million Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru who have seen their jobs disappear and their incomes plummet during the pandemic will see their food insecurity worsen in 2020, according to World Food Programme’s COVID-19 projections.
Questions for discussion include: What unresolved questions do policymakers face in their everyday work? What key evidence-based insights can existing research provide in response to these questions? At what point and how could existing research findings best feed into policymaking at EU and national level? What critical knowledge gaps remain from a policy as well as an academic perspective? When and how could a closer collaboration between policymakers and researchers be helpful to fill these gaps?
The JRC launches a call inviting junior refugee scientists to apply for a European training and mentoring programme.
Migrants are particularly exposed to the effects of the digital transformation and are therefore more in need of specific interventions – from education and training to social protection.
The European Commission’s Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) and the IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) launch the Big Data for Migration Alliance (BD4M). Its purpose is to advance discussions on how to harness the potential of big data sources for the analysis of migration and its relevance for policymaking, while ensuring the ethical use of data and the protection of individuals’ privacy.
A summary report, the presentations and video resources related to the workshop on big data and alternative sources on migration are now available. The workshop took place in Ispra, northern Italy, on 30 November 2017.
The European Commission’s Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) and IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) hold the workshop "Big data and alternative data sources on migration: from case studies to policy support".
The JRC launches a pilot programme to welcome refugee scientists for one-week training programmes at its premises.
The Dynamic Data Hub, run by the Knowledge Centre on migration and demography, has been expanded and now includes data on children in migration.
The European Commission's Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) has expanded the datasets within its Dynamic Data Hub to include forced displacement.
