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OECD countries urged to rethink immigration rules.

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Members of the OECD should adapt their labour migration policies more closely to likely future demand for workers in all areas of their economies, according to the OECD's International Migration Outlook 2008. It argues that OECD nations compete for highly skilled immigrants, but are wary of those who are less skilled, despite strong demand.

Most OECD countries manage low-skilled migration through temporary schemes: about 2.5 million temporary migrants entered OECD countries in 2006--three times the number who entered on a permanent basis--and most were in low-skilled jobs. But basing a migration policy on the assumption that labour immigrants will stay for a short time is "neither efficient nor workable", according to Angel Gurria, the OECD's secretary-general.

Between 20 per cent and 50 per cent of migrants leave the host country within five years of arriving. Migration into OECD countries continued to...

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