EU proposes union-wide "Green Card" for skilled mi

[tadpole]

EU proposes union-wide "Green Card" for skilled migrants

07 November 2005

The European Union's top justice official has stated that highly skilled foreign migrants should be offered Europe-wide "job seekers' permits", which would allow them to look for employment anywhere across the EU.

The permits would be comparable to the "Green Card" schemes that exist in the United States or Canada, giving immigrants the right to work and live in a new country. Unlike a work visa, such Green Cards are not attached to a specific job or employer.

The proposal by Franco Frattini, the EU justice commissioner, is both more radical and more restrictive than "Green Cards" in other countries.

It would break new ground in that it would be recognised by as many as 25 EU member states, so that a permit issued by one nation would be valid in another.

An alternative being discussed within the Commission would restrict the Green Cards to a single EU state for the first five years.

Mr Frattini told a conference on migration in Brussels: "I am favourable to the idea of a European Green Card that would link staying [in Europe] to a job, so finding a job would be a condition of staying."

He will unveil what he called a "road map" towards a common EU approach to legal migration, including proposals for legislation, on Dec 21.

Britain has a standing opt-out from all EU policies relating to immigration. Although the Blair Government has never opted in to measures involving legal migration, the Prime Minister last month called for more EU co-operation in the field of immigration.

A Commission official said: "There's a growing awareness of the need for a comprehensive approach to legal migration. The EU will lose 20 million people from its labour force by 2020, because of ageing populations."

A British official said any proposals would be studied carefully, but would need to be as "flexible" as possible, to avoid a "one size fits all approach".

"Many nations, unlike the UK, have still not opened their markets to eastern European workers from the new EU member states. That has surely got to be a first step."

Mr Frattini said another reason for a pooled EU approach to migration was the need to compete for the most sought-after foreign talent.


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[gustavatwork]

Аааа, теперь понятно, почему Ирландия вдруг замолчала на тему местных Грин Кардс... ждут пока всеевропейские бюрократы решат эту же задачу в большем масштабе.

Ну, что же? Фингерс кроссд..!

[Belochka]

Что, неужели Ирландия будет ждать до принятия всеевропейских грин-кард и не введет в действие свои собственные? Ведь вроде собирались их ввести в Ирландии "as early as possible in 2006". А судя по всему, до введения все-европейских ГК еще куча времени пройдет - много вопросов нерешенных, все страны должны согласиться и т.п.
Мы уже тут ждем-не дождемся, когда в Ирландии свои ГК введут, надеемся, что может получится их получить...

Неужели они весь Empoyment Permit Bill'05 реально приостановят из-за того, что подобная тема всплыла на уровне ЕС?

[SPDAY]

Сообщение от Belochka

Что, неужели Ирландия будет ждать до принятия всеевропейских грин-кард и не введет в действие свои собственные? Ведь вроде собирались их ввести в Ирландии "as early as possible in 2006". А судя по всему, до введения все-европейских ГК еще куча времени пройдет - много вопросов нерешенных, все страны должны согласиться и т.п.
Мы уже тут ждем-не дождемся, когда в Ирландии свои ГК введут, надеемся, что может получится их получить...

Неужели они весь Empoyment Permit Bill'05 реально приостановят из-за того, что подобная тема всплыла на уровне ЕС?

as early as possible in 2006 = 31/12/2006. Ireland , u know

[Mysh]

European Union again considers introducing EU work permit
22 December 2005

The European Commission on Dec. 21 unveiled new plans on economic migration to the European Union aimed at creating legal alternatives to illegal immigration.
In order to boost Europe's attractiveness to highly qualified workers, the Union is considering introducing an EU work permit, it added. The scheme would be introduced by one member state but be valid throughout the 25-nation bloc.

Immigration was one of the solutions to the challenge posed by ageing populations, but the Union first has to use EU nationals and third-country nationals already resident on the bloc's territory, the Commission said.

"Immigration has always been both an asset and a challenge," said EU employment commissioner Vladimir Spidla.

"Illegal immigration is a weapon of mass destruction against social standards, bringing large-scale social dumping," he added.

The EU was not planning to replace national government's quotas on legal migration, but to coordinate them, EU justice affairs chief Franco Frattini underlined.

"It will be up to each member state to decide whether and how many people are admitted every year, but Europe will deal with common standards," Frattini said.

Measures will also include a residence and work permit allowing seasonal workers from non-EU countries to work in the Union for a certain number of months annually for up to 5 years.

"Even in the presence of high unemployment, this category of immigrant workers rarely conflict with EU workers as few EU citizens and residents are willing to engage in seasonal activities," the Commission blueprint said.

New laws would facilitate the movement of corporate posted non- EU workers across the bloc, as well as regulate the entry and residence of paid trainees from countries outside the EU.

The Commission also plans long-term multi-entry visas for returning migrants and wants to facilitate getting a new residence permit which would allow returnees to extend temporary employment in the former host country.

Between 2010 and 2030, the number of employed people in the EU- 25 will decrease by 20 million, the Commission said, adding that the effect of net migration will no longer outweigh the natural decrease after 2025.

Member states such as Germany, Hungary, Italy and Latvia were already experiencing a decline in the working age population.

Migrants currently represent around 3.5 per cent of the total population in the 25-nation bloc, according to the Commission.

Last year, net migration amounted to 1.85 million people, accounting for more than 80 per cent of the total increase in the EU's population.

In April 2006, the Commission wants to set future priorities in the area of illegal immigration.

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