France, Nov. 12 -- In a study of its 38 members, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recorded 6.1 million new permanent immigrants in 2025, compared to 6.2 million the previous year.

Legal humanitarian migration dropped "sharply" by 26 percent in 2025 compared with 2024, the OECD's International Migration Outlook 2026 report found. Labour migration increased by 13 percent.

While 2025 marked an overall decline in migration, the number of permanant immigrants settling for the long term was up 12 percent compared with 2019.

"What's new is that these figures hide very different trends depending on the region and country," said Jean-Christophe Dumont, head of the OECD's international migration divis...