The third annual Migration Forum was held on Friday 18 December 2020 under the slogan 'Supporting Research for Better Governance of Immigration and Employment'. The results of two studies were presented at this forum. The first study focused on 'the migration of highly skilled Tunisians' and the second on 'the analysis of the labor migration management system in Tunisia'.
In this context, the university professor at the National Institute of Labor and Social Studies and co-responsible for the first study on 'the migration of highly skilled Tunisians', Saad Al-Obeidi, explained that the increase in the migration of Tunisian talent is due to economic, material and professional factors and the search for higher wages and greater opportunities for development of working life.
In a media statement, Saad Al-Obeidi added that the reasons for the brain drain are related to working conditions and professional prospects, given that "the doctor, engineer or professor in Tunisia does not find the means available to develop research, to work in laboratories or research units".
This study made several recommendations including the call for the need to link the State and Tunisian skills abroad in all fields and to develop cooperation and partnership relations to benefit from their experiences.
For its part, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development revealed the growth of immigration to Tunisia, as the number of Tunisians with higher education degrees who left for Europe between 2013 and 2019 reached about 95,000 people, of which the percentage of engineers reached 72% and the percentage of master's degree holders 13%.
Data from the Tunisian Agency for Technical Cooperation revealed that the number of Tunisian tires operated abroad by its interests has reached 18 thousand tires in 2019, after it was no more than 1000 in 1980.
The second study on 'the analysis of the system of management of labor migration in Tunisia' revealed the occurring of problems and difficulties in terms of coordination between the various actors in migration management, according to the adviser at the International Organization for Migration and the head of the study, Sarah Hanafi.
According to Sarah Hanafi, bilateral agreements between Tunisia and several foreign countries in the field of attracting labor for its objectives have failed. She revealed that the process of recruiting Tunisian talent abroad has not reached the levels previously agreed between Tunisia and a number of countries, including Switzerland or France.
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