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Estonia at the Age of Migration

Explore the need for a new immigration policy in Estonia through a discussion of labor and study migration, balancing employer needs and social integration capacity. Analyze migration trends and the evolution of Estonia's immigration policy framework.

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Estonia at the Age of Migration

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  1. Conference "Immigration to the Nordic-Baltic Region: New Challenges for Nation States in the Age of Migration" Estonia at the Age of Migration Tiit Tammaru, Raul Eamets University of Tartu 31March 2017, KUMU, Tallinn

  2. Main message of the talk Estonia needs a new immigration policy. This new policy could be based on two pillars — point system in labour migration and study migration — in order to balance the worker needs of employers and integration capacity of society

  3. Estonian foreignmigrationbyoriginregion, 2000–2015 Estonia in EU Source: Tammur et al. 2017

  4. Estonian migrationflowsbyoccupation 2000–2011 Immigrants are highlyskilled Emigrants are lessskilled Source: Census 2011

  5. Determinants of migration in Estonia: Welfarevs Inequality

  6. Determinants of migration in Estonia: Workerneeds of employers vs Integrationcapacity of society

  7. There used to be two cornerstones in Estonian migration policy • Annual migration quota • Elevated salary requirement

  8. The initial ideas of both are, to a large degree, abandoned by today • Annual migration quota • Elevated salary requirement

  9. In the new Human Development report, we propose a change of migration policy • Active, taking into account both employer • needs and integration capacity • Point system combined with employer needs’ • based labour migration • Study migration

  10. In the new Human Development report, we propose a change of migration policy • Active, taking into account both employer • needs andintegration capacity • Point system combined with employer needs’ • based labour migration • Study migration

  11. Main message of the talk Estonia needs a new immigration policy. This new policy could be based on two pillars — point system in labour migration and study migration — in order to balance the worker needs of employers and integration capacity of society

  12. Conference "Immigration to the Nordic-Baltic Region: New Challenges for Nation States in the Age of Migration" Thankyou! Tiit Tammaru, Raul Eamets University of Tartu 31March 2017, KUMU, Tallinn

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