Smart migration policy attracts talent and guarantees welfare

Cooperation in forming a labour market and passport union between the Nordic countries has enabled Scandinavia to become one of the wealthiest and most successful parts of the world, as a result of which migration and migration policy have been key themes in the region for decades, said Swedish ambassador to Estonia Anders Ljunggren at the opening of the 'Smart migration policy' seminar at the Estonian Academy of Sciences in Tallinn on 31 October. The basis of migration is the migration policy established in the countries and cooperation between institutions.

The seminar was the continuation of a migration conference organised in spring by the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia and the University of Tartu which focussed on the immigration- and labour-related challenges facing the Nordic countries and Baltic States.