European Union announces two new members
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16:16 03/04/2006
A leak from high ranking European Union sources to the German newspaper Die Welt has forced Brussels to announce the inclusion of two more countries to join the EU. The two countries named by the...
Few EU states implementing EU immigration legislation
10:10 24/01/2006
Only five governments have implemented key European immigration legislation aimed at giving rights to non-EU long-term residents. The status of third-country nationals was agreed by EU governments in...
Europe prepares to welcome guest workers
18:08 27/12/2005
The European Commission said that it wants the EU to welcome a limited number of legal immigrants by the end of the decade. Most EU member states are resisting the plan. The commission argues,...
Turkish politician discusses German immigration challenges
11:56 24/11/2005
In an exclusive guest editorial for Expatica , MEP Cem Oezdemir, who was the first German of Turkish descent elected to the Bundestag, looks at the challenges Germany's new government will face...
No EU-wide economic migration policies: report
17:16 16/11/2005
Some officials in the UK believe that each member state of the European Union should be able to control its own economic migration, rather than having EU-wide policies. Their opposition is a response...
EU proposes union-wide "Green Card" for skilled migrants
16:19 07/11/2005
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...
