Migration must be managed in a humane and dignified way and the latest agreements reached on 20 December 2023 by the EU on the Pact on Migration and Asylum constitute a major breakthrough towards a common system for managing migration in the EU.
Today, five key files of the Pact have been agreed on. These measures will:
- Establish a new solidarity mechanism amongst EU countries to share the amount of asylum applications between them
- Make asylum, return and border procedures more effective and flexible
- Ensure that the EU is prepared in the future to face situations of crisis
- Gather more accurate data to detect unauthorised movements
- Create uniform rules concerning the identification of non-EU nationals, thus increasing the security within the Schengen area
The agreement reached reflects the commitment to manage migration in a fair and orderly way, allowing the EU to move from ad-hoc to long-term and sustainable solutions. Moving forward, the Commission is committed to ensuring agreement on all Pact files by the end of this legislative mandate in June 2024.
