Immigrants in work : Overqualified and underpaid

Working immigrants in the EU are much more likely to live in poverty than their native-born peers, a study by the OECD has shown. Some 37% of low-educated migrants in employment currently live in poverty, compared with 17% of their native-born counterparts. In-work poverty does not just affect those with little education. Foreign qualifications are often not recognised in EU countries, meaning that 11% of working migrants judged to be “highly-educated” also live below the poverty line. Those with a…