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06 September 2023

Promoting migrant integration: strengthening EU law on long-term residence

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The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a report on access to rights for those with EU long-term resident status, drawing on research and interviews with 51 experts and 267 non-EU nationals in the 25 EU countries where the EU Long-Term Resident Directive applies.

EU long-term resident permits typically grant more rights than national long-term resident permits, promoting migrant integration and inclusion, but the status is underused. Examining the reasons for this, the report makes the following recommendations to EU and national authorities:

  • Make the EU long-term status more attractive by simplifying application rules and issuing corresponding guidance.
  • Simplify residency and income requirements to make the status more accessible.
  • Ease accommodation and language requirements for the status, and make language training more readily available.
  • Recognise qualifications and improve access to jobs and education, including by promoting quick and affordable qualification recognition systems and furthering work to prevent discrimination in access to jobs and education.
  • Ensure easier access to long-term residence status for children.
  • Improve and facilitate mobility within the EU among long-term residents.
  • Find solutions for temporary protection holders.

Find further details of these recommendations here, and in the full report below.

Promoting migrant integration: Strengthening EU law on long-term residence
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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
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