This ongoing project analyses the EU’s new Migration and Asylum Pact, adopted in spring 2024 and set to become fully operational in 2026. The Pact constitutes the most far-reaching reform of the Common European Asylum System in several years and aims to reduce irregular migration, harmonise asylum procedures, and strengthen solidarity among Member States.
The policy brief addresses issues such as mandatory solidarity, border and accelerated procedures, crisis and derogation mechanisms, and the EU’s cooperation with third countries. Particular attention is paid to solidarity in a broader sense, by examining how a range of reforms redistribute responsibility and whether they contribute to a more equitable system.
The author of the report is Eleni Karageorgiou, a Senior Researcher in Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, Lund University.