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Government has agreed in principle that a single application procedure for employment permits and immigration permissions should be developed

A new set of regulations for employment and temping agencies will protect and improve the working conditions for all

Find out about different work permits for workers from outside the EU and how the EU is revising them to bolster legal labour migration. Europe is facing demographic changes with a rapidly aging population and low birth rates. Pensioners are expected to account for about one third of the EU population by 2050. This will […]

Find out about different work permits for workers from outside the EU and how the EU is revising them to bolster legal labour migration.

Coming to Europe to work from outside the EU is hard. Despite dramatic labour shortages across sectors and EU countries, work permits for non-EU workers are few and those that exist often leave workers at the mercy of exploitative employers.

Instead of building walls, European countries must devise systems that allow for more and decent work permits for people to come to work in Europe, across skills and sectors.