Event

Webinar “Impact of COVID-19 on international students in EU and OECD Member States”

  • Conférencier  European Migration Network (EMN) – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  • Lieu

    LU

  • Thème(s)
    Géographie & aménagement du territoire

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the substantial measures taken by EU and OECD countries to prevent the spread of the virus are having direct and indirect impacts on international students coming to those countries. While the long-term consequences are difficult to predict, the immediate impacts are already visible, for example, the processing of new applications or renewing of residence permits has in many cases been hindered or suspended, with consequences for international students already present in the host country.

In addition, the abrupt downturn in economic activity has had a significant impact across many sectors, with international students facing the loss of their part time jobs or reduced or lost incomes, which could have an impact on their ability to continue their studies, find a job or start a business following their graduation.

From the beginning of the outbreak, the EMN and the OECD have independently been monitoring how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting migration in the EU and beyond, in order to provide information useful to governments and policy makers at all levels. The EMN and OECD are now collaborating with DG HOME to address this urgent agenda in the short and medium terms. Such a collaboration aims to generate synergies and avoid duplication of effort to address this issue.

The result of the collaboration is a series of five Informs on measures taken at national and EU level in response to COVID-19 and their impacts on migration to address the negative

consequences of the pandemic. Other topics include:

  • Residence permits and migrant unemployment (July 2020);
  • Maintaining key legal migration flows in times of pandemic (October 2020, tbc);
  • Impact on remittances (November 2020, tbc);
  • Impact on return procedures (November 2020, tbc).

EMN and OECD will host a webinar to present the key findings of each Inform. This webinar will be conducted using Webex.Thorough instructions and technical guidance will be circulated in advance of the webinar.

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Agenda

10.30-10.35

Opening session

Zane Rozenberga, EMN Luxembourg and EMN Communication and

Dissemination Working Group co-chair

10.35-10.50

The position of the European Commission

Doris Spickenreuther, Legal Officer, DG HOME, European Commission

10.50-11.05

EMN OECD Inform “Impact of COVID-19 on international students in EU and OECD Member States”: presentation of key findings

Stanislavs Lopatinskis, EMN Latvia expert

11.05-11.20

Good practice example: Germany

Bernd Fischer, Deputy Head of Division – European Higher Education Area, Internationalisation, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

11.20-11.35

OECD member countries’ response to the challenges faced by international students associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

Jonathan Chaloff and Thomas Liebig, Senior Migration Specialists, OECD

11.35-11.50

Q&A session

11.50-12.00

Closing remarks

Jean-Christophe Dumont, Head of the International Migration Division in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD