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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9710

25 July 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council
EU27 divided over ways to penalise employers of illegal workers

Brussels, 24/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Union is divided over the need to impose criminal penalties on employers of illegal third country workers. On Thursday 24 July, during the Internal Affairs Council, immigration ministers held a round-the-table discussion on a draft directive which contains minimum harmonisation of criminal penalties against employers of illegal non-EU workers, and also imposes inspections in various sectors of activity. Germany and several countries of the...

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