Brussels, 19/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - By requiring third-country nationals and their family members applying for long-term resident status to pay “high and unfair charges” (7 to 27 times higher than charges on member state nationals for issuing similar papers), the Netherlands has failed in its obligation under the directive on the status of third country nationals applying for long-term residency status (2003/109/EC). Such heavy charges discourage such nationals from applying for...