The sixth Nordic-Baltic migration conference in Tallinn focuses on the new challenges of migration policies, including issues concerning integration to labour market, tackling illegal employment of third-country nationals, well-being and managing cultural diversity in the migratory era. The conference takes place March 22, 2018 in Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn. Speakers from both the Nordics and Estonia will shed light on the issue from different angles.<\/p>\n
Professor Raul Eamets from the University of Tartu<\/strong>\u00a0will talk about defining smart migration policies in the keynote speech of the conference.\u00a0Professor Olof \u00c5slund from Uppsala University, the Director-General at the Swedish Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy<\/strong>\u00a0will talk about the Swedish\u00a0experiences on labour market entry of non-labour migrants in the second keynote speech. The conferense will end with a discussion on possible changes of migration policies in Estonia, attended among others by\u00a0members of Riigikogu Maris Lauri and Helir-Valdor Seeder, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Kadri\u00a0Simson and the Minister of the Interior Andres Anvelt.<\/strong><\/p>\n The first session will focus on the changes in the migration policies in the Nordic-Baltic region.\u00a0Ruth Annus (Ministry of the Interior of Estonia, Head of Citizenship and Migration Policy Department)\u00a0<\/strong>will give an overview of developments in the Estonian migration policy.\u00a0Matti Sarvim\u00e4ki, Associate Research Professor at the\u00a0VATT Institute for Economic Research in Finland<\/strong>, will speak about integration of immigrants into the Finnish labor market.\u00a0Professor of the University of Tartu, Martin Ehala<\/strong>\u00a0focuses on managing cultural diversity in the migratory era.<\/p>\n Tackling illegal employment of third-country nationals is the core topic of the second session.\u00a0Silver St\u00f5un from the European Migration Network<\/strong>\u00a0will give a presentation on illegal employment of third-country nationals in the European Union and the Nordic-Baltic Region. The following panel discussion will focus on how to counter\u00a0illegal employment in the future. Participating panelists are:\u00a0Christiane Kuptsch (Senior Specialist in Migration Policy, Labour Migration Branch, ILO) and Jonathan Chaloff (senior migration policy specialist, International Migration Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD)<\/strong>. The panel is\u00a0moderated by\u00a0Ave Lauren, European Migration Network.<\/strong><\/p>\n