Registered unemployed among immigrants (discontinued in Statistics Norway), Q2 1999

At the end of May this year, 7,940 first-generation immigrants were registered as unemployed. Due to changes made this year in the definition of persons registered as completely jobless, the figures for changes since last year are not comparable. Calculations based on the Directorate of Labour's correction of the break in the time series indicate that about 740 fewer immigrants were registered as completely unemployed in second quarter 1999 compared to the same quarter the year before.

The immigrants from Africa had the highest registered unemployment rate, with 12.6 per cent, followed by the immigrants from Eastern Europe and Asia with an unemployment rate of nearly 9 per cent.

The registered unemployment rate for male immigrants was 6.9 per cent in May this year, while the unemployment rate for female immigrants was 5.5 per cent.

Much fewer immigrants in job programmes

The number of immigrants covered by ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes) fell by all of 2,481 persons from May 1998 to 1999. At the end of May this year, 2,905 immigrants were enrolled in public sector job creation programmes. They accounted for 28.5 per cent of all persons covered by such schemes.