EUROPEAN PLANS FOR EU ‘BLUE CARD’ IMMIGRATION REFORM RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT FUELLING AFRICAN BRAIN DRAIN
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MAJOR concerns have been raised about a draft European Union (EU) plan to attract highly qualified immigrants because of its ability to fuel an intense brain drain from Africa.
A hearing was staged last week in Brussels (June 26) at the European Parliament on the 'blue card' proposals now being designed by the European Commission, the EU's executive body. This would ease immigration procedures for skilled migrants, enabling them to move between the EU's 27 member states, something that is often hindered by red tape today. There was general ...
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