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EU Council: Draft Directives on non-EU migrant workers debated

On 24 and 25 July 2008, the Justice and Home Affairs Council debated draft Directives on access to the EU for highly qualified non-EU workers and on sanctions against employers of illegal immigrants.

In October 2007, the European Commission proposed a Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of non-EU nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment.