Non-EU citizens will from Monday (23 January) have better access to work in western Europe than people from new EU member states, as a 2003 EU directive on third country nationals enters into force.
The bill gives migrants resident in the EU for five years or more with "adequate resources" equal access to education and training in 22 out of 25 member states, with the UK, Ireland and Denmark opting out.
The legislation will affect up to 10 million people living in Europe, the Eur...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.