Immigration: the Blue Card, an EU Visa for Skilled Staff
added: 2008-06-27
The draft directive for a Blue Card, intended to overcome labour shortages in some sectors of the economy by attracting highly skilled staff from non-EU countries, was debated by MEPs and experts at a hearing of the EP Civil Liberties Committee. What impact will it have on EU and non-EU countries? The risks of discrimination and of a brain drain were among the issues discussed.
