The European Commission today proposed a reform of European Union immigration legislation to attract workers with skills it lacks, mainly from Ukraine, and to facilitate worker mobility between the 27 member states.
Brussels seeks to simplify the process by allowing third-country nationals to obtain a work and residence permit together in the European Union, reducing the time required for the procedure. This single leave will no longer be linked to a single employer and its holders will be able to legally change employment.
The Commission also seeks to facilitate the granting of long-term residence status which can be granted after a five-year legal stay in a country of the European Union. It proposes the recognition for these five years of periods of residence in different countries of the Union, thus facilitating the mobility of persons between 27.
Study time in the European Union will also be taken into account. As well as the three-year temporary protection period granted to millions of Ukrainian refugees, which will speed up their access to the status of beneficiary of long-term residence.
At the same time, the rights associated with family reunification will be improved: there will be no conditions for integration, access to the labor market for family members and the immediate granting of long-term residence status to the children of persons already in this status.
In addition to legislative changes, the Commission proposes operational improvements. The Commission wants to launch a European Union-level platform for the summer of 2023, in which third-country immigration candidates will be able to post their profile to help businesses find the skills they are looking for.
The Commission seeks to test a pilot program aimed exclusively at Ukrainian migrants this summer.
The European Union receives 2.5 to 3 million people each year who immigrate legally to Europe for study or work. At the height of the war in Ukraine, it is facing a wave of 5 million Ukrainian refugees.
Legal immigration is strengthening the European economy, said Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schoinas. “It has a positive effect at all levels: it gives those who want to immigrate the opportunity to improve their lives by supplying the host countries with more skilled workers.”
Source: Capital
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