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The blue card directive: The EU's green card?

Ball, Richard

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Rick Ball Richard.Ball@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Law



Abstract

Directive 2009/50 (the “Blue Card” Directive) was adopted on 25 May 2009. This paper will analyse the aims and scope of the Directive along with the rights granted to holders of the Blue Card. The main part of the paper will consist of a critical comparison of the Blue Card system with the US Green Card scheme to determine the likely impact of the Blue Card and whether or not it will enable the European Union to compete with the USA in the global market for the highly sought after highly skilled third country national migrant. Finally there will be a brief evaluation of the possible impact on “brain drain” from developing and least developed countries and any contradictions with the EU’s asylum and immigration policy, particularly over circular migration .

Citation

Ball, R. (2010, September). The blue card directive: The EU's green card?. Paper presented at SLS Annual Conference, University of Southampton

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name SLS Annual Conference
Conference Location University of Southampton
Start Date Sep 13, 2010
End Date Sep 16, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Keywords European Union, blue card directive, USA, green card, brain drain
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/983129
Publisher URL http://www.legalscholars.ac.uk/conference/index.cfm

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