EU considers US-style green cards for migrants

The EU is considering US-style green cards to regulate economic immigrants and combat Europe's ageing population, it announced on Tuesday (11 January).

In a bid to promote a broad debate about "the most appropriate" common rules for admitting economic migrants in the EU, the European Commission has published a discussion paper.

By the end of this year, the Commission is supposed to put forward a policy plan to deal with the issue.

"We want to address the actors involved b...