Brussels, 11/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - MEPs in Strasbourg on Wednesday 11 May approved new harmonised EU entry and residence rules to make it easier and more attractive for people from third countries to study or do research at European universities.
The new rules clarify and improve conditions for non-EU trainees, volunteers, school pupils and au pairs. They merge two existing directives (one on students and one on researchers), as the Commission proposed in 2014.
The new rules ensure,...