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By RightEuropean rights, in situation
ODERSA association · Rights programmeIndependent educational site. Not an official website of the European Union.

File EU 492/2011 · 22

Working in another country

A recruiter demanding a “work permit”, a corridor rumour about “foreigner quotas”, an allowance reserved for locals. Three walls, zero foundations: the free movement of workers is a regulation, and it applies word for word in the twenty-seven.

Item no. 1

The attachment that does not exist

A logistics coordinator post in Rotterdam, a successful video interview, and this email from the human resources department, polite and perfectly sure of itself.

Email from the HR departmentSubject: next steps of your application

Your profile has caught our full attention. To finalise the file, please send us: a copy of your identity document, your diplomas, and your valid Dutch work permit.

Without this last document we will unfortunately not be able to draw up the contract.

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