19 August 2015, 14:15 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A quarter of non-EU citizens in Europe ended their education prematurely, putting them at risk of being unemployed and socially outcast, compared to EU nationals, Eurostat statistic office said in a press release Friday.
The proportion of non-EU residents in the European Union who left school early is over twice that of EU residents aged 18-24, according to the report.
The Eurostat data revealed that men were more prone to quit education early, without having completed upper secondary level, than women.
Young non-EU citizens aged 15-24 are more likely to be unemployed. Some 20 percent of migrants do not work and are not receiving job training, compared with approximately 10 percent of EU nationals.
According to European Commission estimates, Spain, Malta and Portugal are among EU countries with the highest school dropout rates.
Under a Europe 2020 document, the European Union intends to reduce the dropout rate in the union to below 10 percent by 2020.
