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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12522
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NEWS BRIEFS / Social

Non-EU citizens residing in EU suffer from a higher unemployment rate than EU citizens, according to Eurostat

07/07/2020 (Agence Europe)In 2019, in the majority of EU regions, the employment rate for non-EU citizens aged 20-64 was 59.8%, compared with 75.5% for citizens from other Member States and 73.8% for nationals. In 31 regions (out of 171 for which reliable data are available), less than half of citizens of non-Member States were employed. In the French overseas regions of Guiana and Mayotte and in the Belgian region of Liège province, the rate was less than 30%. On the other hand, the highest employment rates were recorded in three Czech regions and in the Lithuanian capital region of Vilnius, where more than 85% of non-EU citizens aged 20-64 were employed. For more information: https://bit.ly/3f9pkyP (PH)

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