Workforce Migration Report 2026

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• Albania

  First unique permits for work issued in 2025, the national count: 14,000.

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• Austria

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 7,126.

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• Belgium

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 7,392.

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• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Work permits issued in 2025, the national count: 6,702.

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• Bulgaria

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 12,596.

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• Croatia

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 47,382.

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• Czechia

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 17,770.

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• Estonia

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 1,098.

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• Finland

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 9,211.

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• France

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 50,848.

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• Germany

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 108,091.

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• Greece

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 12,046.

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• Hungary

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 48,520.

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• Italy

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 57,362.

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• Kosovo

  Residence permits for work issued in 2025, the national count: 5,087.

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• Lithuania

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 42,030.

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• Montenegro

  Permits for temporary residence and work, 2025: 40,567.

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• Netherlands

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 20,673.

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• North Macedonia

  Employment Agency approvals in 2025, the national count: 8,806.

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• Poland

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 318,186.

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• Portugal

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 240,523.

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• Romania

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 60,840.

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• Serbia

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 23,847.

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• Slovakia

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 13,263.

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• Slovenia

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 13,953.

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• Spain

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 115,040.

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• Sweden

  First residence permits for work issued in 2025: 11,290.

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• Ukraine

  Permits to employ foreigners issued or extended in 2025, the national count, as reported: 9,582.

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• Japan

  New entries on a working status of residence in 2025, the national count: 376,914.

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• Kuwait

  Non Kuwaiti employees on the register at the end of 2025, a stock: 1,832,522.

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• Qatar

  Foreign employees on the Ministry of Labour's records in 2025, a stock: 1,957,633.

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• United Arab Emirates

  Migrants in the UAE, mid 2024, a UN count of people: 8,157,000.

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• Bangladesh

  First EU residence permits for work issued in 2025: 29,626.

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• India

  First EU residence permits for work issued to citizens of India in 2025: 101,573.

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• Indonesia

  First EU residence permits for work issued to citizens of Indonesia in 2025: 6,239.

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• Nepal

  First EU residence permits for work issued to citizens of Nepal in 2025: 71,061.

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• Philippines

  First EU residence permits for work issued to citizens of the Philippines in 2025: 50,944.

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• Uzbekistan

  First EU residence permits for work issued in 2025: 22,928.

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