Invitation: 11/06/2025 – Conference EMN Netherlands – Labour migration towards the Netherlands and the EU: solution, challenge, or necessity?

June 1, 2025 · by · in Announcements, Conferences

This is a kind reminder that the EMN Netherlands national conference ‘Labour migration towards the Netherlands and the EU: solution, challenge, or necessity?’ is coming up in two weeks. As we have very limited seating left, we encourage you to register in case you are interested!

Date: Wednesday 11 June 2025
Time: 11.30 – 18.00
Venue: Sociëteit de Witte, Plein 24, 2511 CS The Hague, the Netherlands

To see the full programme and to register, go to: https://www.emnnetherlands.nl/actueel/invitation-conference-11-june-2025-labour-migration-towards-netherlands-and-eu-solution.

Here’s a quick preview of what to expect:

  • Rhodia Maas, the Director-General of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND), will open the conference together with Kristel van Hees, Head of Employment Conditions and Labour Migration Unit of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. They will present the Dutch policy perspective on labour migration.
  • The EMN will present the preliminary results of the EMN Study ‘Labour migration in times of labour shortages’, with a comparative analysis of labour migration policies in all participating EU Member States.
  • Policy experts from Finland, Germany and Greece will present selected case studies of their national labour migration policies.
  • An interactive session in which perspectives and experiences of different stakeholders from the labour market, including employers and the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV), are shared.
  • A panel discussion in which experts from various backgrounds, including the OECD, the European Commission and the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), explore the possible future approaches to labour migration policy as a strategic solution to shortages, while assessing its long-term societal impacts.
  • Closing remarks will be made by Dutch Members of Parliament Anne-Marijke Podt (D66) and Thierry Aartsen (VVD), who will reflect on today’s discussions.