The Commission Welcomes Significant Progress by Parliament and Council on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum

The political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and Council on the Pact on Migration and Asylum is a significant step forward towards a common migration management system in the EU.
The agreement covers five key proposals of the Pact:
a) Screening Regulation: establishes uniform rules for the identification of third-country nationals upon arrival, thus enhancing security within the Schengen area.
b) Eurodac Regulation: creates a common database that will collect more accurate and comprehensive data to detect unauthorized movements.
c) Asylum Procedures Regulation: ensures faster and more efficient procedures for asylum, returns, and borders.
d) Asylum and Migration Management Regulation: establishes a new solidarity mechanism between Member States to balance the current system, where the vast majority of asylum applications are the responsibility of only a few countries, as well as clear rules on responsibility for asylum applications.
e) Crisis and Force Majeure Regulation: ensures the EU’s future preparedness to address crisis situations, including the instrumentalization of migrants.
Once these proposals are formally adopted by the European Parliament and the Council, the pillars of the new Pact on Migration and Asylum will be implemented.
The Commission presented the new Pact on Migration and Asylum in September 2020, aiming to find long-term and sustainable solutions for migration management. The Pact will create a legal framework that balances solidarity and responsibility among Member States, as part of a comprehensive approach for effective and fair migration management.