http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/09/16/true-blue/ The official Web log for Great Decisions 2007 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:27:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/09/16/true-blue/#comment-450 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:55:22 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/09/16/true-blue/#comment-450 [...] The European Commission has moved ahead and voted on its plans for an EU-wide Blue Card, to mirror the US Green Card. Administrators hope this new procedure will allow Europe to attract and retain highly-skilled workers from around the globe. In comparison to traditional migration countries, such as the US, Canada and Australia, Europe is losing out in the global war for talents: While the EU’s highly qualified workforce is made up of only 0.9 percent non-EU workers, countries that actively select highly skilled migrants boast figures of 9.9 percent for Australia, 7.3 percent for Canada and 3.5 percent in the US. We first commented on the proposal and the heavy criticism it faced from a few EU Member States in this piece. [...] […] The European Commission has moved ahead and voted on its plans for an EU-wide Blue Card, to mirror the US Green Card. Administrators hope this new procedure will allow Europe to attract and retain highly-skilled workers from around the globe. In comparison to traditional migration countries, such as the US, Canada and Australia, Europe is losing out in the global war for talents: While the EU’s highly qualified workforce is made up of only 0.9 percent non-EU workers, countries that actively select highly skilled migrants boast figures of 9.9 percent for Australia, 7.3 percent for Canada and 3.5 percent in the US. We first commented on the proposal and the heavy criticism it faced from a few EU Member States in this piece. […]

]]> http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/09/16/true-blue/#comment-428 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:44:18 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/09/16/true-blue/#comment-428 Nice article. Talking about ging to germany, my colleagues always say: "What? Going in the country of "Lohnbetrueger", where people didn't have a payrise the last 15 years ? " Nothing to add. IMHO. Nice article.
Talking about ging to germany, my colleagues always say:
“What? Going in the country of “Lohnbetrueger”, where people didn’t have a payrise the last 15 years ? ”
Nothing to add. IMHO.

]]> http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/09/16/true-blue/#comment-383 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:33:10 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/09/16/true-blue/#comment-383 Great Article Cathryn!! Great Article Cathryn!!

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