Labour Migration in North Macedonia: Mapping Patterns, Addressing Challenges and Reaping Benefits
1. Characteristics of Migration - Destinations
Thousand
500
Macedonian migrants are predominantly
living in a handful of traditional OECD
destination countries...
400
300
200
100
0
Top OECD destination countries of WB6 migrants
2015/16
2010/11
li.....
ITA GRC USA DEU AUT USA DEU AUT ITA DEU ITA CHE DEU USA ITA DEU AUT FRA
ALB
Source: OECD (2016), DIOC
BIH
KOS
MKD
MNE
SRB
Number of first residence permits issued to WB6 citizens in CEE countries
Thousand
40
...but emigration to Central Eastern
European countries increased by almost
five times since 2013 until the start of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
30
50
20
20
10
0
2013
2014
ALB
2015
BIH
2016
KOS
2017
MKD
2018
MNE
2019
SRB
Note: CEE countries are Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia. 4
Source: Eurostat (2021), First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship [MIGR_RESFIRST]
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