Young immigrants in the UK are only marginally more likely to be NEET (not in education, employment or training) than their native-born peers, a study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows. In most countries, foreign-born young people are somewhat more likely to be out of work or education.

But in the UK, the NEET rates for 15- to 29-year-olds who were born in the UK and for those who are foreign-born are very similar - 14.2 per cent and 14.5 per cent respectively.

Wide variations

Only three countries - Chile, Ireland and Israel - had a higher proportion of native NEETs than foreign-born NEETs.

Luxembourg had the lowest rates of native and foreign-born NEETs, with 5.8 per cent and 10.3 per cent respectively. In Slovenia, young people born elsewhere were almost three times more likely to be NEET than their native peers.

Turkey had the highest proportion of native NEETs, with 31.2 per cent, while Greece had the highest proportion of foreign-born NEETs, with 40.6 per cent.

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