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In May 1996, 11,200 immigrants were registered as unemployed. The number of unemployed is almost unchanged compared to the same time the year before, but if refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia are kept outside, there has been a reduction of about 400 persons in the jobless queue. The statistics cover first-generation immigrants.
Registered unemployment among immigrants is still high in Norway. In May 1996, 11.8 per cent of immigrants in the labour force were registered as completely without work, against 12.3 per cent at the same time last year. In the same period, the unemployment rate for the entire population fell from 4.4 to 4.0 per cent. The biggest decline in unemployment was seen among non-Western immigrants living in Oslo and Akershus.
More unemployed immigrant women
A total of 12.8 per cent of male immigrants in the labour force (employed and unemployed) were registered as completely without work in May this year, against 13.9 per cent at the same time last year. The largest decrease in joblessness was among men from Africa and Asia. For men in the general population unemployment fell from 4.6 to 4.2 per cent. Among immigrant women unemployment increased from 10.2 to 10.4 per cent in the last year. For women in the total population, the statistics showed by contrast a decline from 4.2 to 3.8 per cent. The growth in joblessness among immigrant women is mainly due to an increase in the number of registered unemployed women from Bosnia-Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia.