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Economic migration in the EU – Commission presents a roadmap on legal migration and includes dependents in policies for development.

28 December 2005

The 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 […]

Foreign spouses can work

25 November 2005

Taipei Times discusses the work rights of foreign spouses of Tapei residents…

Permits Foundation contributes to the EU Commission’s discussion of demographic change

15 October 2005

Immigration and shorter-term migration will help to mitigate the effect of demographic imbalances. That’s the view of Permits Foundation in its response to the EU Commission’s Green Paper “Confronting demographic change: a new solidarity between generations” The consultative document raised questions about the possible contribution of immigration and specific policy initiatives. Permits Foundation proposes that […]

European Commission recognises spouse employment difficulties as a mobility obstacle

06 October 2005

The European Commission has recognised that the difficulty of finding employment for spouses of mobile workers is one of the major obstacles for occupational and geographic mobility in Europe. As a result, the European Commission’s Directorate for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity is preparing to launch initiatives to understand and tackle the issue. Results […]