EU 'blue card' to tempt skilled
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The European Commission is to propose a Blue Card to attract skilled immigrants, and rival the US Green Card.
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All workers who do not have basic qualifications or skills will be offered extra training, the Chancellor announces.
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EU ministers meeting in Luxembourg plan moves to integrate their asylum and immigration procedures.
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Ministers are outlining plans to close the UK's skills gap with other developed countries and boost basic training.
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LISBON, Aug 26 (IPS) - Any anonymous foreign national seeking a better  life  in the European Union (EU) endures nightmarish situations  just to obtain a  temporary residency permit. But if they show  great talent in sports, the  barriers disappear as if by magic.
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Caring, sharing police databases The European Parliament has fashioned a wreath of caveats it hopes will brighten up legislative measures designed to raise biometric borders and erect a network of biometric controls for police across the continent.â¦
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The European Commission unveiled on  Wednesday a plan to fingerprint all foreigners visiting  Europe's 24-nation border-free area, as part of a series of  border-security proposals.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker assesses Gordon Brown's attempt to address the UK skills crisis.
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A government campaign will seek to encourage people to upgrade their skills through education and training.
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An impoverished backwater that will drain the EU's resources and flood its labor markets with unskilled jobseekers? Or a dynamic economy whose youthful population will help offset a looming pensions crisis? The ...
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The European Commission plans to set up an EU force to deal with fires, floods and other emergencies.
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A team of experts from the European Union (EU) is due in the Philippines next week to help improve the tackling of human rights abuses here, officials said Thursday.
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Facing hearings on her nomination as European Union Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes is virtually certain to be asked whether the honorary degree she awarded to Microsoft&#39;s Bill Gates in 1996 could influence her handling of the ongoing EU antitrust
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The EU is backing a project that would let viewers personalise shows and films to suit their tastes.
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Immigrants should carry out community work before being granted UK citizenship, Gordon Brown will say. What do you think?
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Facing a potentially perilous referendum on the proposed new European Union constitution, the government has hired a commercial PR company to extol the document's virtues to the people.
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An EU agency has started helping Malta deal with an influx of African migrants - but more resources are needed.