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| EASIER ACCESS TO SWITZERLAND FOR ROMANIANS 01/06/2009 |
| (2009-06-01) |
| Last updated: 2009-06-02 16:08 EET |
At the beginning of the year, over 60% of the Swiss voters agreed in a referendum that Romania and Bulgaria should enjoy the same rights as the other 25 EU member states as far as the free movement of people and the labour rights are concerned. The agreement concluded by Switzerland with the EU comes into effect Romanians still have to wait 10 more years until they are on an equal footing with the citizens of this country and those of older EU members. June the 1st will be, in fact, the start of a period of transition to full freedom of movement.
Until June the 1st 2016, the Swiss state will continue to control the labour market, which means that Romanians will still be subject to some filtering when they seek employment in Switzerland. In effect, a the Swiss state issues a fixed number of work permits for Romanian workers each year, based on the principle of national priority, namely that a foreign worker can get a job in Switzerland only if a Swiss worker or a worker from one of the 25 EU member states didn’t get that job. Conditions will improve for people living in Switzerland on a temporary basis, people with a 1 to 5 year employment contract and students.
For example, they will all have better access to medical insurance services. In the second transition stage towards full freedom of movement, between 2016 and 2019, the special protection clause will be applied, allowing for a reduction in the number of work and temporary residence permits, and the reintroduction of contingencies as a response to larger numbers of immigrants. Starting on June 1st, 2009, people who wish to work in Switzerland no longer have to get a work visa from the Swiss embassy in Bucharest, while the residence permit can be obtained by the employer from Swiss local authorities.
Also, Romanian citizens travelling to Switzerland will no longer need to show their passports at the border, but only their ID cards. While Spain, Denmark and Greece this year opened their labour markets to Romanians, there are still 15 EU member states who haven’t done so, or at least not fully. Under the current economic circumstances, even Spain, which is host to 750,000 Romanian workers, is facing a lot of problems related to massive migration and is seeking solutions. In that respect, a Romanian-Spanish collaboration agreement was signed recently in Bucharest aimed at fighting illegal migration and taking specific action to encourage the return of Romanian workers to their native country.
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