Economic migration

Economic migrants are migrants from outside the European Union (EU) that come to the EU to work, such as highly educated professionals, employees of a company, entrepreneurs and seasonal workers. The EU stimulates economic migration. 

Economic migration is a type of legal or regular migration. Examples of EU-regulations on economic migration are the European Blue Card, , a residence permit for highly skilled professionals, and the Single Permit, a residence permit which combines the residence permit and work permit. For admission to an EU-Member State on economic grounds, a specific residence permit is always required. 

In addition to these EU-regulations there is also national policy concerning economic migration in the Netherlands. The core of this policy is selectivity: the Netherlands stimulates migration by those for whom there is an economic need. The legal framework in the Netherlands on economic migration is the Modern Migration Policy act (2013).