Second consecutive year of decline in authorized migration flows to developed countries

By Estelle EMONET

For the second consecutive year, migration flows to developed countries decreased in 2025 (-1.6%) compared to the previous year, but remain at historically high levels, as does the employment rate of immigrants, the OECD revealed on Thursday.

In 2025, the 38 OECD countries (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) recorded 6.1 million new "permanent" immigrants (regulated arrivals of foreign nationals considered to be settling permanently in the destination country), according to the organization'