Migration to Developed Countries Declines for Second Year: OECD
Labour migration rose 13% even as legal humanitarian migration fell 26% and asylum applications dropped 22%, the OECD said.
- On November 12, the 38 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries reported migration dwindled for a second consecutive year in 2025, declining 1.6% to 6.1 million new permanent immigrants.
- Legal humanitarian migration dropped "sharply" by 26 percent in 2025 compared with 2024, driving the second consecutive decline in overall migration to OECD countries.
- While the United States recorded more than 1.2 million permanent migrants despite a 14-percent drop, Portugal saw a 139% increase to 313,600 individuals from residency permit backlogs.
- Labour migration increased by 13 percent, while the United States and Ireland admitted 54 percent female immigrants, significantly more women than men across those nations.
- Mark Pearson, the OECD's acting director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, stated immigrants now account for 16 percent of employment across the OECD, underscoring migration's role in sustaining productivity amid aging populations.
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Despite this decline, these arrivals remain at historically high levels by 12% higher than those seen in 2019, before the arrival of the Covid who had tarried the movements.
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Migration to developed countries declines for second year: OECD
Migration to developed countries dwindled for a second year in a row in 2025, down 1.6 percent compared to the previous year, according to an OECD report published Thursday.
The OECD's annual report, published on Thursday, shows diverging trends across countries. The sharp increase in legal immigration in Portugal, Italy and Spain contrasts with sharp declines in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
OECD found 6.1 million new permanent migrants in 2025 with 25% upturn in the case of Spain in receiving foreigners
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