Thursday, January 21, 2016

IMF Proposes Prickly Solutions for Europe’s Refugee ‘Challenges’

 
By Adrian Lancashire | With EURACTIV, THE GUARDIAN, REUTERS

Question of survival
 
How can Europe survive mounting refugee pressures?

A study by the IMF presented in Davos, Switzerland, has proposed that the countries of Europe suspend some of their existing rules and turn to creative new solutions. Others add: ‘before it’s too late’.

The International Monetary Fund recommendations include: allowing asylum-seekers to take jobs while waiting for a country’s official approval to stay; governments paying employers part of refugees’ wages to get them into work as soon as possible; and even suspending certain rules on minimum salaries. And it has to happen fast. 

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Source: Euronews

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