EU Single Permit Directive: a small step forward in EU migration policy
- Document number
- 2909
- Date
- 2012
- Title
- EU Single Permit Directive: a small step forward in EU migration policy
- Author/publisher
- The European Policy Centre
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Media/News,
- Keywords
- Reflection period, Residency permit, Identification, Social assistance, Victim protection, Shelter, Repatriation, Empowerment, Redress, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach, Identification (of Victims) Protection, Victims of trafficking, Trafficked persons, Integration, Social Inclusion
- Summary
- After four years of lengthy negotiations, which spanned a Treaty change and the empowerment of the European Parliament as co-legislator, the EU's ‘Single Permit Directive' (Directive 2011/98/EU) was finally adopted and published in the Official Journal. The Directive establishes a single application procedure for single permits for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of an EU Member State, and a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State. At a time when discussions on migration and legal migration issues are ongoing in the European Parliament and the Council, Yves Pascouau with Sheena McLoughlin show in their policy brief that the "EU Single Permit Directive" merely constitutes a small step forward in EU migration policy. Although the adoption of a new text can be seen as a success, it fails to generate much enthusiasm as it remains narrow in its scope and content, and does not further enhance harmonisation.
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