For the second consecutive year, migratory flows reached “record levels, but not out of control”reports the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, bringing together democratic countries with market economies), in a report published this Thursday, November 14. In total, 6.5 million new immigrants settled in the organization's member countries in 2023, compared to 6.1 in 2022.
In detail, around a third of the 38 countries of this organization experienced record levels of immigration in 2023. Among the countries concerned: the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan and Switzerland.
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The United States remains the leading country of immigration, with 1.2 million additional immigrants. Next, among the OECD countries: the United Kingdom (750,000 new immigrants in 2023), Germany (700,000), Canada, Spain and France (just under 300,000).
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Most of this increase is due to family migration (+16%) and humanitarian immigration (+20%). Labor migration, for its part, remained stable.
The authors of the report, cited by AFP, further emphasize that “the integration of immigrants into the labor market continues to reach unprecedented levels”. “The post-pandemic upward trend in immigrant employment continued in 2023, with the OECD overall recording historically high employment levels and low unemployment levels, at 71.8% and 7.3 %, respectively »we read in this document.
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These figures come in a context of strong rejection of immigration in part of the Western world. In France, a recent CSA survey for CNews, Europe 1 and JDD revealed that a majority of citizens consider that immigration is not an opportunity for their country.
