Abstract
Integration of third-country nationals who may be: long-term residents, EU citizens’ family members, students, researchers, highly qualified employees, or even seasonal workers in member states, is crucial for the EU economic and social cohesion. In order to constitute a genuine instrument for the TCNs integration into the society where they live, they should enjoy equality of treatment with EU citizens in a variety of economic and social matters. Through this work I would like to share some doubts and questions over crucial points of the architecture of the EU system of protection of fundamental rights applied to TCNs, which is uniquely complex. Keywords: free movement rights, third country nationals, long-term residents, students, researchers,highly qualified employees, family members
Highlights
On 15 and 16 October 1999 the European Council, at its special meeting in Tampere,1 confirmed that the legal status of third-country nationals (TCNs) should be similar to that of member states' nationals
The right to equal treatment should be granted to TCNs allowed into the internal market to work and to those who entered for other purposes having access to the labour market under EU or national law, e.g.: family members of a third
The EU law confers rights on third-country nationals and attempts to approximate them to those of European citizens. Since this approximation until now has extended to social and economic matters, the element of mobility remains central to the recognition of the citizenship-like freedoms of TCNs under the migration directives
Summary
On 15 and 16 October 1999 the European Council, at its special meeting in Tampere, confirmed that the legal status of third-country nationals (TCNs) should be similar to that of member states' nationals. Integration of third-country nationals who may be: long term residents, EU citizens’ family members, students, researchers, highly qualified employees, or even seasonal workers in member states, is crucial for economic and social cohesion. Promotion of these values is a fundamental objective of the EU stated in the Treaty. The European Parliament and Council stated that all TCNs legally residing and working in the EU should enjoy at least basic equal treatment rights as the nationals of their respective host member state, regardless of their purpose of, or basis for, admission.. TCNs integration depends on rights to participate which should be accompanied by effective anti-discrimination regulation.
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