Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000294/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Malika Sorel (PfE)
At the 9th European Migration Forum, held at the European Economic and Social Committee on 28 and 29 November 2024, former Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, stated that in 2023 more than 3.7 million residency permits had been issued in the EU. She added that 34 % of those permits had been issued for work and 14 % for education, and stressed that these numbers testified to the success of her migration policy[1].
- 1.How does the Commission justify as many residency permits as the population of a city like Berlin being issued in a single year[2]?
- 2.Why were the permits making up the other 52 % issued if not for work or education?
- 3.What information does the Commission have on the profiles of the persons who have obtained residency permits for education, what type of university education have they received in their countries of origin, and what degree level do they hope to obtain in the EU?
Submitted: 23.1.2025
- [1] https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/2024-european-migration-forum-highlights-key-role-civil-society-implementing-pact-2024-12-18_en
- [2] 3.6 million inhabitants in 2019; https://www.cci-paris-idf.fr/fr/prospective/crocis/comparaisons-internationales/paris-berlin-influence-politique-poids-economiques
Last updated: 6 February 2025