Nowadays, immigration is one of the most important topic in the agenda of every European Union country. Not only because of the refugee crisis, but because of plenty social, economic and cultural reasons, great amount of people are moving across borders. The Council of the European Union is not unaware of this delicate matter and…
Economic growth and seasonal workers’ protection. One legislation, two streams.
The Directive 2014/36/EU, whose aim is regulating the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers, has been presented today by the Commissioner Francesco Carboni as “one of the pillars of the Commission regarding the legal migration”. Thousands of migrants come every year to Europe and stay…
Economy, security and workers rights
A new topic has been discussed during the second session of work of the Council, on May the 10th: the condition of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers. The Directive 2014/36/EU proposed a solution to connect the illegal migration with the skills of external workers, and improve…
OPEN DOOR OR CLOSED DOOR FOR WORKERS?
Second Session of European Council. The morning stars with the presentation and discussion of the Amendement proposed by the Ministers in last session. The majority of proposals are focused on the borders security and control of the flows and check who is asking for international protection and who not. At the end of the vote…
Conflict of interest between safety and integration
Today, 10th May 2017 took place the second European Commission working session. The ministers started a debate on the directive 2014/36/EU on “the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers”. The directive was introduced by the commissioner Francesco Carboni who addresses the issue as a possible…
Issues that dominated second day of Council of EU summit
Prevention of illegal immigration, protection of workers’ rights and better integration. These were just some of the issues that dominated deliberations in the second day of the Council of the EU summit whereby the Seasonal Workers Directive 2014/36 was under discussion. Taking place in Rome, there was as usual a clear divide between the interests of Eastern…
New resources for Europe
During the second session of the European Council, the topic was about the condition of entry and stay of third country nationals and each countri agrees to adopt specific instruments in order to respect the Directive 2014/36. The Directive forms the basis of a common immigration policy guided by a spirit of solidarity between the Member…
Is it the end of exploitation of Seasonal Workers?
For the first time, the European Council adopted rules on a less well-paid group of migrant workers: the seasonal ones. This group of workers is potentially vulnerable to exploitation and abuses. Does the recent Directive go far enough to protect them from these risks? A ‘seasonal worker’ is a worker who normally resides outside the EU, and…
A new division
The 10th of March 2017, during a session of the Council of European Union, a new topic of discussion was introduced by the Commissioner that explained to the Ministers and the press the main points of the Directive on the condition of entry and stay of third-country nationals as seasonal workers. Europe is facing a…
Integration or security?
On 8th may 2017, during the first section of work of the council, EU ministers presented their positions about the topic of the day: political asylum and the situation of asylum seekers. All of ministers want and search a common solution with the others; collaboration was the key word of the day. A common sense…
Encounters and collisions in the first European Council working session
The European Council met today 8th of May for the first working session to discuss about a directive on political asylum. Different topics were debated and opposite positions were taken during the day. After the commissioner Anastasia Granitos’s speech, the delegates of countries exposed their position about a directive on political asylum and a burning…
Council of EU first day deliberations seek nationalist approach to intake of asylum seekers
Amendments proposed to the Directive 2013/32/EU on asylum seekers largely took on a nationalist approach to protecting member states’ borders at the expense of the refugees. The first day of deliberations which took place in Rome saw seven countries propose to amend five parts of three articles, the greatest support for the most number of…
Sapienza moves to debate 