Press Release: Delivering the European Agenda on Migration: Commission presents Action Plan on Integration and reforms ‘Blue Card’ scheme for highly skilled workers from outside the EU

The European Commission unveiled on 7 June 2016 an Action Plan to support member states in the integration of third-country nationals and their economic and social contribution to the European Union.

It also published a proposal to reform the rules on highly skilled migrants coming to the EU to work, the so-called Blue Card scheme.

The European Parliament's plenary session held a debate on migration and the review of the Blue Card system on the same day.

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/16/2071, 07.06.16: Questions and Answers: An improved EU Blue Card scheme and the Action Plan on Integration http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-2071_en.htm

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/16/2146, 07.06.16: Remarks by Commissioner Avramopoulos on the occasion of the Commission presenting the Action Plan on Integration and the reform of the Blue Card scheme http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-16-2146_en.htm

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

European Commission: DG Migration and Home Affairs: What we do: Policies: European Agenda on Migration http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/european-agenda-migration/index_en.htm

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 07.06.16: Migration debate on review of the 'blue card' and EU action plan on integration http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160607IPR30815/

The Guardian, 07.06.15: EU to loosen work permits to try to boost skilled worker numbers http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/07/eu-to-loosen-work-permit-scheme-to-attract-more-skilled-workers

EUObserver, 07.06.16: EU to ease access for skilled migrants https://euobserver.com/migration/133734

EurActiv, 08.06.16: Europe’s tech industry could get boost from visa overhaul http://www.euractiv.com/section/social-europe-jobs/news/europes-tech-industry-could-get-boost-from-visa-overhaul/

EurActiv, 07.06.16: EU plans migrant work permit relaunch, funding for Africa http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-plans-migrant-work-permit-relaunch-funding-for-africa/

BBC News, 07.06.16: Migrant crisis: EU to boost Africa aid to stem influx http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36469264

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