Economic migration in the EU – Commission presents a roadmap on legal migration and includes dependents in policies for development.
28 December 2005The European Commission has adopted a Policy “Plan on Legal Migration”, giving an overview of initiatives that the Commission intends to take in the period 2006-2009. It addresses four areas for the development of the EU common legal migration policy: a legislative section to regulate the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in employment; actions and policies to foster knowledge building and sharing of information in the immigration field; policies and funding aimed at supporting and improving the integration of economic migrants and their dependents on the labour market and in the host society; and measures aimed at a more efficient management of international immigration flows which need the cooperation and the support of the countries of origin. Studies on specific issues and discussions on the way forward will take place during 2006, followed by concrete initiatives starting from 2007.
