Pact on Migration and Asylum

EU Home Affairs Ministers agree on the need for faster and more efficient returns after the Council meeting in Luxembourg.

Greece fears other countries could follow the lead of Germany and start implementing a similar deportation policy for asylum seekers

The Greek premier's visit is part of a series of scheduled meetings to ministries where leadership changed in the recent reshuffle

In the first quarter of 2024, irregular crossings of migrants in the Eastern Mediterranean were up 109%—FRONTEX

The Council adopted 10 legislative acts that reform the European framework for asylum and migration management.

Countries don’t have to accept to receive refugees, but if they don’t, they will pay 20,000 euros per person to finance operational support

Approximately 1,048,900 non-EU citizens made first-time asylum applications for international protection in the EU, which was 20% higher than 2022

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will head the delegation which aims to strike a deal with Cairo to stave off migration flows in exchange for €7.4 billion in aid

The political agreement includes a mechanism to ensure solidarity and measures to support member-states experiencing unprecedented flows of third-country nationals. Special attention is given to countering the instrumentalization of migrants

EU Council and European Parliament reached a political agreement on the five files of the EU Pact