23 July 2024Estonia: EMN migration statistics overview 2019 - 2023 The Estonian contact point of the European Migration Network (EMN) published its sixth Migration Statistics Overview. The brochure provides an...
15 January 2024Estonia: Impact of the war in Ukraine on labour migration The ongoing war in Ukraine has changed the landscape of labour migration to Estonia. Foreign workers from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, who have...
13-14Oct2022Open and closed societies: historical reasons for and modern consequences of inequality in Japan and Europe This conference, organised by the University of Tartu Asia Centre, will examine inequality in education and the labour market from the perspective of
31 December 2021Adaptation of a new immigrant child in Estonian general education: situation, support system and readiness for a multicultural learning environment Due to increasing immigration Estonia is becoming increasingly multilingual and multicultural, and general education schools have faced several...
23 May 2016Estonia: Immigration exceeds emigration for the first time, partly due to simplified labour migration rules For the first time since the re-independence of Estonia in 1991, immigration have exceeded emigration in 2015. One of the factors that led to such...
11 April 2016EU ‘Zaragoza’ Integration Indicators: ESTONIA Introduction of EU 'Zaragoza' Integration Indicators The EU’s 11th Common Basic Principle on Immigrant Integration policy (2004) states that...
01 September 2014Are Estonians ready for cultural immersion? The answer can be found in a survey conducted by web portals kultuur.info and etnoweb.ee and taken by 545 people with different cultural backgrounds...
06 June 2014Estonia: Attitudes Toward Refugees Still Dim According to a new Saar Poll survey conducted for the Ministry of the Interior, 55 percent of Estonian inhabitants believe that admitting refugees...
22 May 2014Estonia: Immigration to Estonia increased last year According to Statistics Estonia, 4,098 persons immigrated to Estonia and 6,740 persons emigrated from Estonia in 2013. There were 1,459 immigrants...
16 January 2014Estonia: Estonia admitted 7 asylum seekers last year The number of asylum applications has risen sharply in recent years, climbing from fewer than 15 per year from 2001 through 2009 to 66 in 2011...