The European Commission is due to adopt a Directive to facilitate the free movement of workers in the EU. The initiative aims to enhance labour mobility in the EU by preventing discrimination and reducing the incidence of unfair practices migrant workers face in Europe. The proposal requires Member States to put in place measures to better apply and enforce the free movement of workers, for example through the creation of national bodies to inform EU migrant workers about their rights, the provision of redress mechanisms at national level, and the possibility for civil society organisations to engage in administrative or judicial procedures on behalf of individual workers in cases of discrimination. The Directive is designed to address concerns that while every EU citizen has the right to work and live in another Member State without being discriminated against on grounds of nationality, in practice, mobile EU citizens often lack protection and information in their host country and are unable to overcome the obstacles they face.
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