Unbelievable

[lakeside1234]

I hear all this talk about British immigration(uk border force) being dearly beloved and all that..while I understand this fact but it is not restricted here alone.
Europe is Institutionally dearly beloved..while a lot of non eu (along with their Eu spouses) are happy with the freedom of movement directives which helps us stay together...BUT..those non eu spouses being forced to have recidence permits in EU countries cannot even work in the EU office in Brussels themselves until they are citizens which could take 8 years in a country like Ireland or 6 years in the UK...thats double standards.
I always applauded the EU commission until I found out that my friend who is American and has a PHd from oxford (irrelevant for employment purposes) and married to his Irish wife for over 6 years and legally resident in the Eu for 4 years cannot apply or work in the European commission until he gets a EU passport...he was told on application that he was ineligible because he was non -eu,he expalined he has been resident in the EU and married to a EU citizen for over 6 years.I have since been researching on the EU institutions and have out not a single black,asian or any other ethnic minorities are negligibly represented .SHAME

[sakura]

I hear all this talk about British immigration(uk border force) being dearly beloved and all that..while I understand this fact but it is not restricted here alone.
Europe is Institutionally dearly beloved..while a lot of non eu (along with their Eu spouses) are happy with the freedom of movement directives which helps us stay together...BUT..those non eu spouses being forced to have recidence permits in EU countries cannot even work in the EU office in Brussels themselves until they are citizens which could take 8 years in a country like Ireland or 6 years in the UK...thats double standards.
I always applauded the EU commission until I found out that my friend who is American and has a PHd from oxford (irrelevant for employment purposes) and married to his Irish wife for over 6 years and legally resident in the Eu for 4 years cannot apply or work in the European commission until he gets a EU passport...he was told on application that he was ineligible because he was non -eu,he expalined he has been resident in the EU and married to a EU citizen for over 6 years.I have since been researching on the EU institutions and have out not a single black,asian or any other ethnic minorities are negligibly represented .SHAME

Eligibility to work for the EC/EU is like eligibility to work for any other government...99% of the time you need to have relevant citizenship.

Can a non-US citizen work for the US government? Hardly, even if married to a US citizen. Likewise with some British government posts. The EU is a supra-national institution representing several nations and it would make sense that they would hire within this group of nations, based on citizenship. Your friend should be able to understand this, if he wants to work in the public sector.

Ethnic minorities are probably disproportionally represented within the EU, however there are many 'minority' groups across all 27 member states (black, Asian, Roma, other groups across the newer EU states), and there should certainly be a policy to recruit more groups (maybe posts reserved specifically for someone classified as being in a minority group).

[netacct]

When Europe discriminates against its own people, Roma Gypsies how can we expect them to treat other immigrants fairly?

[paulp]

It's better now. Before, some sensitive posts were only open to second-generation-born citizens.