European Union Justice and Home Affairs ministers on Friday agreed on common entrance and residency rules aimed at making the European Union more attractive for students and researchers from third countries.
The agreement now requires only the formality of being voted on, first by a plenary session of the European Parliament, which is expected to happen after New Year, with the parliament's Civil Liberties Committee having already agreed to the text on 30 November, and then by the Council of Europe.
The directive's objective is to advance the European Union in the global competition for talent and to promote Europe as a world centre of excellence for studies and training. Highly skilled people form the EU's key asset in strengthening its competitiveness, boosting growth and creating jobs.
European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Friday: "I am very pleased with today's political agreement on modernising EU-wide rules for welcoming talents from abroad.
"While we are focused on addressing the current refugee crisis, today's agreement shows that the EU is not losing sight of legal migration channels. This legal path can help to divert people away from irregular migration channels.
"Hosting more students and researchers is good for the EU economy, promoting more contacts between young people from different educational and research cultures."
The new directive, agreed on 4 December, will cover admission conditions, rights and intra-EU mobility of the groups concerned. The new rules will also make it easier to retain these talented people and their skills in the EU economy. Students and researchers will be able to stay for nine months after their graduation or research project to look for a job or set up a business in Europe.
The decision on whether to grant access to the labour market, however, will remain a national competence.
According to the European Commission the reformed rules are an important part of the EU's attempts to create a well-managed system for legal migration across the EU.
The rule changes were first proposed two years ago and now that they have been formally adopted, member states will have two years to build the rules into national law.
Based on 2014 figures, the new rules will affect around a quarter of a million students and researchers. In 2014 a total of 228,406 third-country national students received a study permit in an EU member state; and 9,402 permits were granted to third-country national researchers.
-- The agreement now requires only the formality of being voted on, first by a plenary session of the European Parliament, which is expected to happen after New Year, with the parliament's Civil Liberties Committee having already agreed to the text on 30 November, and then by the Council of Europe.
The directive's objective is to advance the European Union in the global competition for talent and to promote Europe as a world centre of excellence for studies and training. Highly skilled people form the EU's key asset in strengthening its competitiveness, boosting growth and creating jobs.
European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Friday: "I am very pleased with today's political agreement on modernising EU-wide rules for welcoming talents from abroad.
"While we are focused on addressing the current refugee crisis, today's agreement shows that the EU is not losing sight of legal migration channels. This legal path can help to divert people away from irregular migration channels.
"Hosting more students and researchers is good for the EU economy, promoting more contacts between young people from different educational and research cultures."
The new directive, agreed on 4 December, will cover admission conditions, rights and intra-EU mobility of the groups concerned. The new rules will also make it easier to retain these talented people and their skills in the EU economy. Students and researchers will be able to stay for nine months after their graduation or research project to look for a job or set up a business in Europe.
The decision on whether to grant access to the labour market, however, will remain a national competence.
According to the European Commission the reformed rules are an important part of the EU's attempts to create a well-managed system for legal migration across the EU.
The rule changes were first proposed two years ago and now that they have been formally adopted, member states will have two years to build the rules into national law.
Based on 2014 figures, the new rules will affect around a quarter of a million students and researchers. In 2014 a total of 228,406 third-country national students received a study permit in an EU member state; and 9,402 permits were granted to third-country national researchers.
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