Mobility of low-skilled workers
• Economic integration may well contribute to greater concentration of
economic activity in some of the more developed Member States,
leading perhaps to an initial rise in regional disparities.12 This would
stimulate demand for low-skilled workers in specific sectors and
create a temporary “migration hump”.
• Regardless of the AEC, flows of low-skilled migrant workers are likely
to continue in the short and medium-term because of demographic
factors and existing economic disparities. In Thailand, for example,
the labour force is expected to shrink by 2022 and the demand for
the low- and medium skilled migrant workers will rise