Intra-EU mobility of third-country nationals - State of play and prospects

Apr 25, 2013

Yves Pascouau

Senior Adviser on migration and mobility policies

This Discussion Paper by Yves Pascouau aims to explore how intra-EU mobility could be improved at EU level. It analyses existing EU rules and concludes that the right to freedom of movement is awarded to limited categories of third-country nationals and under different regimes which do not make mobility attractive.

Read the full paper here

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