THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF MIGRATION POLICY
Integration Measures
The Hague Programme underlined the need for greater coordination of national policies and EU initiatives on integration and called for common basic principles to be established. The Common Basic Principles on Integration were adopted by the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 19 November 2004 and acted as a foundation for the 'Common Agenda for Integration' put forward by the Commission in September 2005.
European Commission
- Priority actions for responding to the challenges of migration: First follow-up to Hampton Court, 2005
- A Common Agenda for Integration - Framework for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals in the European Union, 2005
- Handbook on Integration - for policy-makers and practitioners, 2004
- Handbook on Integration - for policy-makers and practitioners, second edition 2007
European Parliament
Council of the EU
- Council Decision of 25 June 2007 establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’
- The Common Basic Principles on Integration, 2004
- Council Directive of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, 2003/109/EC
- Council Directive of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification, 2003/86/EC
- Council Directive of 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation
- Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
- Common Position (EC) No 6/2004 adopted by the Council on 5 December 2003 with a view to adopting Directive 2004/. . ./EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of . . on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (2004/C 54 E/02)