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In May 1997, 10,429 unemployed immigrants were registered in Norway. This is a decline of 777 persons in comparison to May 1996. The number of people registered as without work went down for all immigrant groups with the exception of those from Eastern Europe (mainly refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia). The statistics include first-generation immigrants.
Registered unemployment among immigrants fell from 11.5 per cent in May 1996 to 9.9 per cent in May 1997. By comparison, the registered unemployment in the general population dropped from 4.0 to 3.2 per cent in the same period. The biggest decline in joblessness was seen among immigrants from South and Central America, Asia and Africa.
Immigrants engaged in ordinary job creation programmes went down by 1,329 persons from May 1996 to May 1997. The decline within all immigrant groups was largest for those from Africa and Eastern Europe.
Biggest decline for men and women from South and Central America
Altogether 10.7 per cent of the male immigrants in the workforce were registered as unemployed at the end of May 1997, against 12.5 per cent at the same time the year before. For men in the general population unemployment declined from 4.2 to 3.2 per cent. Among male immigrants the decline in the unemployment rate was the largest for those from South and Central America. Overall unemployment among all immigrant women dropped by 1.1 percentage points, while for immigrant women from South and Central America the unemployment rate dropped by 3.8 percentage points.
Weekly Bulletin issue no. 35, 1997