According to Eurostats, the EU unemployment rate was 7.3% in January 2021, up from 6.6% in January 2020.
Situation gets worse in some of the consortium partners countries: Greece 16.5%, followed by Spain at 16.1%, Italy 9.9%.
Situation becomes really serious when focusing on the migrant population: the EU-27 unemployment rate for people aged 20 to 64 years was 12.3 %, for those born outside the EU, 7.3 % but for those born in another EU Member State and 6.0 % for the native-born population.
Regarding diversity of the migrant community, Eurostat shows that EU migrant population growing rapidly in number and diversity. That is why practical and inclusion education is more important than ever.