The European Commission will next year come forward with a plan to introduce a European green card system to attract highly skilled immigrants as a part of the bloc's aim to achieve economic growth and compete with other western countries.
"It is fundamental that Europe becomes first of all a real pole of attraction for highly skilled immigrants," EU justice commissioner Franco Frattini told MEPs on Wednesday (27 September).
"The idea of proposing a directive on the conditions of ...
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