Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia: An adequate overview of migration flows and labour mobility in the Nordic-Baltic Region is needed

"It is important to have an adequate overview of migration flows and labour mobility in order to enable appropriate policy-making and avoid problems such as misuse of social benefits," said Taavi Rõivas, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia in his opening statement at the 'Migration and Demographic Challenges in the Nordic-Baltic Region' conference on 7 & 8 March in Tallinn, Estonia.

"A very positive example here is the data exchange agreement between the population registers of Estonia and Finland," he said. "There is definitely room for further cooperation in this field."

The conference was initiated by the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia and aimed to bring together the results from a number of studies on migration and labour mobility in the Nordic countries and Baltic States.