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by Julien Luscuere Yesterday in the Netherlands the Counsel of State (Raad van State) has decided that the free access of Japanese citizens to the Dutch labour market is not a breach of the clause that "Member States shall during any period when national measures or those resulting from bilateral agreements are applied, give preference to workers who are nationals of the Member States over workers who are nationals of third countries as regards access to their labour market."  I consider this ruling as highly debatable, but I am curious if this dispute is or was also a topic in other member states than the Netherlands.  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-escape-minister-social-affairs-illegal-cases-julien-luscuere?trk=pulse-det-nav_art The discussion is taken place on Linkedin here:  https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/7446434-6067978565498998786 Interessant artikel? Deel het eens met uw netwerk en help mee met het verspreiden van de bekendheid van dit blog. Er ...

In dit artikel in de Guardian  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/31/migration-keep-calm-tell-truth?CMP=twt_gu&utm_content=buffer7e8ae&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer#start-of-comments staat onder meer: "But for the most part, coalition and opposition seem determined to engage in a race to the bottom. Fear and mistrust are heightened by the rhetoric on overstayers and illegals, while a system that could gather the statistics of people in and people out that are essential to develop a humane and economically literate policy, as MPs pointed out earlier this week , is not coming any time soon. In the past few days alone, government policy has lurched from headline to headline: a poster campaign exhorting illegal migrants to "go home" that visits London boroughs with high ethnic minority populations and, despite lacking a system of evaluation, is reportedly to be rolled out nationally . A proposal is anno...

Today the European Parliament adopted the so-called Single Permit Directive. The new legislation will simplify migration procedures and ensure that workers from countries outside the EU, legally residing in a Member State, will enjoy a common set of rights on equal footing with nationals. Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs, said:  "I am very pleased that this Directive has finally been adopted, as it will certainly simplify the life of migrants applying to reside and work in the EU. The Directive will ensure a one-stop-shop system, thereby accelerating administrative procedures both for the future employer and the migrant. It will also ensure that migrant workers receive equal treatment with EU nationals as regards working conditions, recognition of educational and professional qualifications, taxation, vocational training and access to social security, including unemployment benefits and the transfer of acquired pensions. This is an important st...