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- a Commission Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on circular migration and mobility partnerships between the European Union and third countries ( COM(2007)0248 final),
- a Commission Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on circular migration and mobility partnerships between the European Union and third countries ( COM(2007)0248 final),
- a Commission Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled 'Applying the global approach to migration to the eastern and south-eastern regions neighbouring the European Union' ( COM(2007)0247 final).
- a Commission Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled 'Applying the global approach to migration to the eastern and south-eastern regions neighbouring the European Union' ( COM(2007)0247 final).
Institutional aspect
Institutional aspect
When on 1 January 2005 the Council finally - after much delay - implemented the EC Treaty provisions which provide for a switch to codecision and to qualified-majority voting in the case of 'some or all of the topics under Title IV', the EU ministers unfortunately wished to exclude legal immigration and integration from the scope of that action.
When on 1 January 2005 the Council finally - after much delay - implemented the EC Treaty provisions which provide for a switch to codecision and to qualified-majority voting in the case of 'some or all of the topics under Title IV', the EU ministers unfortunately wished to exclude legal immigration and integration from the scope of that action.
Parliament repeatedly criticised the decision taken by the governments meeting within the Council and called for application of the 'transition clause' provided for in Article 67, including in the case of measures relating to legal immigration and to integration.
Parliament repeatedly criticised the decision taken by the governments meeting within the Council and called for application of the 'transition clause' provided for in Article 67, including in the case of measures relating to legal immigration and to integration.
If the Constitutional Treaty had been adopted the normal voting procedure would have been extended to the entire sector.
If the Constitutional Treaty had been adopted the normal voting procedure would have been extended to the entire sector.
It should, however, been noted that the Treaty - reflecting the scepticism of the post-11 September period - contains a new provision which may be regarded as restrictive: in the paragraph added by the Intergovernmental Conference it is stated that European policy 'does not affect the Member States' right to set limits on the entry of third-country nationals (...) to their territory for the purpose of seeking paid or unpaid work'.
It should, however, been noted that the Treaty - reflecting the scepticism of the post-11 September period - contains a new provision which may be regarded as restrictive: in the paragraph added by the Intergovernmental Conference it is stated that European policy 'does not affect the Member States' right to set limits on the entry of third-country nationals (...) to their territory for the purpose of seeking paid or unpaid work'.
In reality it is difficult - even on the basis of the Treaties enforced - to extrapolate from the EU's general powers regarding 'conditions of entry and residence' in order to extract therefrom a specific rule allowing entries to the Member States to be governed by a single set of rules, since such entries are still a matter for the individual Member States.
In reality it is difficult - even on the basis of the Treaties enforced - to extrapolate from the EU's general powers regarding 'conditions of entry and residence' in order to extract therefrom a specific rule allowing entries to the Member States to be governed by a single set of rules, since such entries are still a matter for the individual Member States.
Any reform of the existing Treaties should ideally involve improvements to, and a simplification of, the decision-making procedures relating to immigration policy.
Any reform of the existing Treaties should ideally involve improvements to, and a simplification of, the decision-making procedures relating to immigration policy.
The rapporteur welcomes the Commission policy plan, which she regards as a first step towards defining a common legal-immigration policy.
The rapporteur welcomes the Commission policy plan, which she regards as a first step towards defining a common legal-immigration policy.
She regrets, however, that an all-inclusive approach has not been adopted, since that would have enabled minimum rules common to all the Member States and categories of immigrant to be laid down.
She regrets, however, that an all-inclusive approach has not been adopted, since that would have enabled minimum rules common to all the Member States and categories of immigrant to be laid down.
Devising a common policy is very important in order to ensure that policies which differ excessively from one Member State to another do not deflect migrant flows from their initial destination.
Devising a common policy is very important in order to ensure that policies which differ excessively from one Member State to another do not deflect migrant flows from their initial destination.
Politicians at both EU and Member-State level must be able to act by going beyond purely electoral considerations and must adopt a comprehensive, integrated approach to immigration policy, as the Commission itself has recently suggested.
Politicians at both EU and Member-State level must be able to act by going beyond purely electoral considerations and must adopt a comprehensive, integrated approach to immigration policy, as the Commission itself has recently suggested.
This is the background against which the fight against illegal immigration must in future be fought.
This is the background against which the fight against illegal immigration must in future be fought.
The following points should be explored in greater depth:
The following points should be explored in greater depth:
· Separate adoption of the sectoral directives: the five directives proposed under the policy plan should be regarded as a single 'package'.
· Separate adoption of the sectoral directives: the five directives proposed under the policy plan should be regarded as a single 'package'.
The proposal for a 'framework directive' on the rights of immigrants who do not yet hold long-term-resident status must be drawn up without delay.
The proposal for a 'framework directive' on the rights of immigrants who do not yet hold long-term-resident status must be drawn up without delay.
· Proposal for a directive on highly skilled labour: an acceptable balance needs to be struck between courses of action intended to encourage highly skilled workers to come to Europe and the need to prevent a 'brain drain' from developing countries.
· Proposal for a directive on highly skilled labour: an acceptable balance needs to be struck between courses of action intended to encourage highly skilled workers to come to Europe and the need to prevent a 'brain drain' from developing countries.
The Commission's proposal concerning 'circular migration' needs to be studied in great depth.
The Commission's proposal concerning 'circular migration' needs to be studied in great depth.
· Definition of the 'highly skilled worker' category in the absence of common criteria for the recognition of qualifications.
· Definition of the 'highly skilled worker' category in the absence of common criteria for the recognition of qualifications.
· The sectors proposed do not appear to be the only ones which require Community action or which require it as a priority; one need only think of, for example, healthcare, catering and the construction industry.
· The sectors proposed do not appear to be the only ones which require Community action or which require it as a priority; one need only think of, for example, healthcare, catering and the construction industry.
· Assessment of the actual scope for establishing a 'European Green Card' for workers in the sectors affected by the directives (and in other sectors too).
· Assessment of the actual scope for establishing a 'European Green Card' for workers in the sectors affected by the directives (and in other sectors too).
· Bureaucratic formalities to which highly skilled workers are subject: these need to be made more flexible, and this also applies to transfers within multinational companies.
· Bureaucratic formalities to which highly skilled workers are subject: these need to be made more flexible, and this also applies to transfers within multinational companies.
· Consideration must be given - on the basis of specific criteria - to the possibility whereby seasonal workers would be able to exchange their seasonal work permit for a long-term residence permit or a job-seeker's permit.
· Consideration must be given - on the basis of specific criteria - to the possibility whereby seasonal workers would be able to exchange their seasonal work permit for a long-term residence permit or a job-seeker's permit.
· Similarly (this time in respect of the proposal for a directive on the conditions of entry and residence for paid trainees), provisions must be made for the issue of a job-seeker's permit upon expiry of the permit issued to cover the training period.
· Similarly (this time in respect of the proposal for a directive on the conditions of entry and residence for paid trainees), provisions must be made for the issue of a job-seeker's permit upon expiry of the permit issued to cover the training period.
· The proposal put forward by the Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini at the 22 November 2006 Tripoli Conference on Migration and Development concerning the possibility of establishing at EU level 'packages of legal-entry quotas' which would be offered to third countries in exchange for better control over illegal migration and the readmission of illegal immigrants is of major interest.
· The proposal put forward by the Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini at the 22 November 2006 Tripoli Conference on Migration and Development concerning the possibility of establishing at EU level 'packages of legal-entry quotas' which would be offered to third countries in exchange for better control over illegal migration and the readmission of illegal immigrants is of major interest.
These specific proposals which the Commission is intending to put forward should now be assessed.
These specific proposals which the Commission is intending to put forward should now be assessed.
· Since unanimity is always required when the Council votes, there is a very real risk (as may be observed in the case of other sectors) that the texts adopted ultimately represent no more than a 'lowest common denominator', which is often the outcome of a cheap compromise which limits the European added value thereof.
· Since unanimity is always required when the Council votes, there is a very real risk (as may be observed in the case of other sectors) that the texts adopted ultimately represent no more than a 'lowest common denominator', which is often the outcome of a cheap compromise which limits the European added value thereof.
on the Policy Plan on Legal Migration
on the Policy Plan on Legal Migration
The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
Believes that mass immigration is a result of failing economies, impoverishment of the population, human rights violations, environmental degradation, the widening gap between rich and poor countries, civil war, wars for control of natural resources, political persecution;
Believes that mass immigration is a result of failing economies, impoverishment of the population, human rights violations, environmental degradation, the widening gap between rich and poor countries, civil war, wars for control of natural resources, political persecution;
Is convinced that the European Union must play a major role in making migration a lever of development and points out that the only adequate EU response to the phenomenon of migration is a strategy at EU level, setting out common objectives and available mechanisms to address common challenges in a spirit of mutual solidarity;
Is convinced that the European Union must play a major role in making migration a lever of development and points out that the only adequate EU response to the phenomenon of migration is a strategy at EU level, setting out common objectives and available mechanisms to address common challenges in a spirit of mutual solidarity;
Welcomes the Policy Plan on Legal Migration presented by the Commission, but considers that this plan needs to be complemented by an Action Plan on Migration and Development, following the conclusions of the UN High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (14-15 September 2006) and in preparation for the coming Euro-Africa Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development (Tripoli, 22 and 23 November 2006);
Welcomes the Policy Plan on Legal Migration presented by the Commission, but considers that this plan needs to be complemented by an Action Plan on Migration and Development, following the conclusions of the UN High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (14-15 September 2006) and in preparation for the coming Euro-Africa Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development (Tripoli, 22 and 23 November 2006);
Points out that immigrants are a source of enrichment for the host countries and insists that this role must be better recognised and promoted; emphasises that the integration programmes of the Member States and the European Union should give more attention to the risk of discrimination against immigrants;
Points out that immigrants are a source of enrichment for the host countries and insists that this role must be better recognised and promoted; emphasises that the integration programmes of the Member States and the European Union should give more attention to the risk of discrimination against immigrants;
Insists that the European Union must carry through a high-level political dialogue with the countries of the African continent on the subject of immigration, in the form of practical agreements that coordinate those countries’ development with EU immigration policy; welcomes the EU-Africa Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development to be held in Tripoli on 22 and 23 November 2006;
Insists that the European Union must carry through a high-level political dialogue with the countries of the African continent on the subject of immigration, in the form of practical agreements that coordinate those countries’ development with EU immigration policy; welcomes the EU-Africa Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development to be held in Tripoli on 22 and 23 November 2006;
Calls on the EU and the Member States to implement policies aimed at mitigating the adverse economic and social effects of the brain drain, taking into account the global crisis in human resources for health, with severe health worker shortages in parts of Africa in particular;
Calls on the EU and the Member States to implement policies aimed at mitigating the adverse economic and social effects of the brain drain, taking into account the global crisis in human resources for health, with severe health worker shortages in parts of Africa in particular;
Calls on the Member States to implement a secure legal status for the immigrants concerned and emphasises the fact that both EU citizens and immigrant workers have rights and obligations which must be respected at all times;
Calls on the Member States to implement a secure legal status for the immigrants concerned and emphasises the fact that both EU citizens and immigrant workers have rights and obligations which must be respected at all times;
Calls on the Commission to integrate the issue of migration systematically into all Country Strategy Papers;
Calls on the Commission to integrate the issue of migration systematically into all Country Strategy Papers;
Calls on the Commission to assist the Member States' integration policies by means of financial instruments and stresses the need to establish a specific fund enabling co-development measures to be financed and a guarantee fund ensuring the long-term existence of migrants' micro-projects;
Calls on the Commission to assist the Member States' integration policies by means of financial instruments and stresses the need to establish a specific fund enabling co-development measures to be financed and a guarantee fund ensuring the long-term existence of migrants' micro-projects;
Supports the new mainstreaming of immigrant integration and affirms that relevant integration policies and measures should be included at all relevant policy levels, European, government, national, regional and local, as a modern consideration in public policy formation and implementation;
Supports the new mainstreaming of immigrant integration and affirms that relevant integration policies and measures should be included at all relevant policy levels, European, government, national, regional and local, as a modern consideration in public policy formation and implementation;
Stresses the importance of taking due account of the fact that 51 % of immigrants in the industrialised countries are women, and of enabling the equal access of women to the labour market so as to improve the working, living and social conditions of immigrant women and their access to education, health services, language courses and professional training and involve immigrant women’s organisations in the framing, application and assessment of policy measures of this kind;
Stresses the importance of taking due account of the fact that 51 % of immigrants in the industrialised countries are women, and of enabling the equal access of women to the labour market so as to improve the working, living and social conditions of immigrant women and their access to education, health services, language courses and professional training and involve immigrant women’s organisations in the framing, application and assessment of policy measures of this kind;
Calls on the Member States and the Commission to provide funding for programmes to set up information and guidance programmes for applicants for legal immigration into the European Union in their own countries of origin;
Calls on the Member States and the Commission to provide funding for programmes to set up information and guidance programmes for applicants for legal immigration into the European Union in their own countries of origin;
Stresses that EU and national legislation on international migration should reflect internationally agreed human rights standards;
Stresses that EU and national legislation on international migration should reflect internationally agreed human rights standards;
Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to encourage circular migration and seek legally viable structures for this purpose in cooperation with the Member States, with migrants going back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country, thereby making the knowledge and experience they have acquired available to their home country; points out that it is necessary to accompany circular migration with integration measures, such as the transfer of pension claims and all other social security payments between the country of origin and the host country, for outgoing and returning migrants;
Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to encourage circular migration and seek legally viable structures for this purpose in cooperation with the Member States, with migrants going back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country, thereby making the knowledge and experience they have acquired available to their home country; points out that it is necessary to accompany circular migration with integration measures, such as the transfer of pension claims and all other social security payments between the country of origin and the host country, for outgoing and returning migrants;
Stresses that the fight against trafficking in human beings linked to migration must be ensured as an EU priority and that adequate financial resources must be devoted to this action and expresses its concerns over the human tragedies suffered every day at the borders of the Union by people attempting a clandestine entry into EU territory;
Stresses that the fight against trafficking in human beings linked to migration must be ensured as an EU priority and that adequate financial resources must be devoted to this action and expresses its concerns over the human tragedies suffered every day at the borders of the Union by people attempting a clandestine entry into EU territory;
Supports the establishment of a common application for work and residence permits for all Member States, as well as the issuing of a common work and residence permit in order for immigrants not to be exploited by criminal groups issuing such permits;
Supports the establishment of a common application for work and residence permits for all Member States, as well as the issuing of a common work and residence permit in order for immigrants not to be exploited by criminal groups issuing such permits;
Supports measures at national and EU level related to awareness raising, anti-discrimination campaigns, information packages for newly arrived economic immigrants, language and civic orientation courses, training, cultural initiatives via appropriate EU funding, such as AENEAS and the future EU integration fund;
Supports measures at national and EU level related to awareness raising, anti-discrimination campaigns, information packages for newly arrived economic immigrants, language and civic orientation courses, training, cultural initiatives via appropriate EU funding, such as AENEAS and the future EU integration fund;
Stresses that although every effort should be made to facilitate and make less expensive the transfer of remittances, they remain private funds that benefit primarily the families who receive them and should not be viewed as a substitute for Official Development Assistance;
Stresses that although every effort should be made to facilitate and make less expensive the transfer of remittances, they remain private funds that benefit primarily the families who receive them and should not be viewed as a substitute for Official Development Assistance;
Urges all Member States to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and fully honour their international commitments relating to the protection of migrants and their families;
Urges all Member States to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and fully honour their international commitments relating to the protection of migrants and their families;
Welcomes the United Nations Secretary-General’s proposal to establish an annual, informal non-binding Global Forum on Migration and Development to follow up on the discussions on migration and development and to foster practical, evidence-based cooperation among governments;
Welcomes the United Nations Secretary-General’s proposal to establish an annual, informal non-binding Global Forum on Migration and Development to follow up on the discussions on migration and development and to foster practical, evidence-based cooperation among governments;