EU Imposes Deadline for Member Countries to Implement New Migration and Asylum Law
The expert highlighted the ‘high ineffectiveness’ of the deportation system within the European Union that is being addressed by the Migration and Asylum Pact.
After years of political wrangling, marked by shifting attitudes toward immigration across the continent, the European Union’s new rules on asylum and migration are finally being rolled out.
Eight years in the making, the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum was agreed upon by lawmakers in April, but the finer details had yet to be hammered out by the bloc’s executive, the European Commission.
In the “Common Implementation Plan for the Pact on Migration and Asylum,” the European Commission set out key milestones and guidelines for all 27 EU member states to devise national implementation plans for the pact by the end of this year and start applying the new laws by mid-2026.
The pact requirements mainly focused on screening, reception, and deportation of illegal immigrants, are interdependent and need to be implemented in parallel, the commission said.
According to the commission’s guidelines, member countries are required to register and screen all illegal immigrants for their identity, vulnerability, health, and any potential security risk, the commission said. The procedures for asylum and deportation of non-EU nationals who have illegally entered the European Union should be “fast, efficient, and streamlined,” according to the commission’s statement.
EU countries should apply a “mandatory border procedure” for illegal immigrants who pose a security risk or do not qualify for refugee status or other international protection, the commission said.
