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Navigating the Finnish Labour Market: Insights from Turkey-born Highly Skilled Professionals

by Nilay Kılınç Over the past two decades, Finland has emerged as an attractive destination for highly skilled professionals from around the world. Recognising the benefits of acquiring global talent to address labour and skill shortages, enhance productivity, and foster innovation, Finland has actively sought… Read More »Navigating the Finnish Labour Market: Insights from Turkey-born Highly Skilled Professionals

Promoting Immigrants’ Employability through Culturally Inclusive Mentoring: The Case of a Rehabilitative Work Context in Finland

Golaleh Makrooni & Marja Koskela The integration of immigrants and enablement of their effective contribution to economic growth in their new home countries is highlighted by policymakers and governments. Many initiatives have been developed toward inclusion in the educational and work sectors. However, the cultural… Read More »Promoting Immigrants’ Employability through Culturally Inclusive Mentoring: The Case of a Rehabilitative Work Context in Finland

From State-Controlled to Free Migration: Unintended consequences of the 2008 Swedish Labour-Migration Reform

By Annika Elwert, Henrik Emilsson and Nahikari Irastorza In 2008, Sweden opted for a radical change in its labour migration policy. The new law provided all foreign-born individuals with a job offer the right to migrate to Sweden. The government reduced its ambition to control… Read More »From State-Controlled to Free Migration: Unintended consequences of the 2008 Swedish Labour-Migration Reform

Welcome to our blog

Welcome to the IILME website and especially to our blog on mobile and migrant labour in times of, and beyond, COVID-19. In the classic contribution by Castles and Miller (1993), our times were named “The Age of Migration”. We have seen for some years the… Read More »Welcome to our blog