Friday, December 7, 2012
OECD countries have made considerable progress over the past decade in helping immigrants integrate in society.
But a lot remains to be done, notably in improving immigrant children school performance and employment prospects, and in immigrant women’s access to employment, according to a report titled Settling In -OECD Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2012, published on December 3.
With regard to Greece, in particular, the report states that the country ranks 20th among OECD countries in terms of the immigrants’ percentage in its population, with the foreign-born accounting for 8% of the total population, 18% of which arrived in the last 5 years. The foreign-born population is on average less educated than across OECD countries, with 13% of highly-educated compared to 31% across OECD countries. 11% come from an OECD high-income country and 2% from a country with the same official language.
Moreover, 65% of the foreign-born population are employed - close to the OECD average. The immigrant household median income in Greece is at the bottom half of OECD countries and its level is 28% lower than the native-born one, while 22% of persons living in an immigrant household live with income below the poverty line, compared to an OECD average of 17%. 
