A fresh report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) alleges that migrants formed one-tenth or 10% of the populace in the nations of the OECD during 2010. Reportedly, 20 nations had brought into existence the said economic group in 1961, mostly in the Western Europe & North America to boost trade.

Since then, an additional 14 nations have become its part. Some of the leading members include, among others, Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand & Japan. The latest OECD report was made public on December 3, 2012 even as it finds that the percentage of the overseas people inside the OECD countries swelled by 25% during the time period of 2000-2010.

Across certain nations, the swell in the populace of the migrants has been specifically worth mentioning. A case in point is Spain wherein the populace of the immigrants almost trebled all through the said time-frame. It increased by over 100% in the countries of Ireland & Iceland. However, certain countries–such as the France, Netherlands, Germany, etc.–did not witness any significant increases in their populaces.

It requires to be mentioned here that some of the nations have, sort of, twisted their immigrations to support more highly qualified migrants, vis-à-vis unqualified employees. The percentage of the migrants–who happen to be graduates inhabiting some of the nations, like Australia & Canada–has headed north. It could be an important reason behind the increase in the rates of employment amongst the migrants in such nations.

Presently, there is an average 65% rate of employment amongst the migrants across the nations of the said economic group, vis-à-vis 67.5% amongst the local populaces. For instance, inside Britain, the rate of employment amongst the overseas people present inside the country increased to become 66% during 2010. During 2000, it was just 62%. In Germany, the same swelled to become 62% during 2010. During 2000, it was 57%.

Still, across Spain and the US—the nations which were specifically affected by the world economic meltdown–the rate of employment amongst the overseas people present inside the countries, in fact, decreased somewhat. In the US, the same headed south to become 67% during 2010. During 2000, it was 70%. In Spain, it decreased to become 57% during 2010. During 2000, it was 62%.

The study also discovered that educational upshots for the kids of certain migrants were not-too-impressive. The study also came to the conclusion that kids–who shifted along with their parents when they were six years or under—fared quite nicely in school.

However, those who did so, when they were between 11 and 16 years, fared comparatively less nicely across certain nations. It is believed that differences in language played a key role in the not-too-good performance of some of the grown-up kids. The issue, however, did not appear to have an effect on Britain wherein there was not much of dissimilarity in the show.