With just eleven days until the European Union’s landmark Pact on Migration and Asylum takes effect, member states are scrambling to meet the technical and infrastructure demands.
Adopted in April 2024, the bloc’s 27 member states have had two years to prepare sophisticated screening technology and juridical infrastructure for the pact on migration and asylum to come into play on 12 June 2026.
But with that date now little more than a week away, many EU members are simply not ready.
The pact “still requires significant work,” as it is “the most complex reform of EU legislation on migration and asylum ever,” Magnus Brunner, EU commissioner for internal affairs and migration, told MEPs on Monday (1 June).
The migration pact consists of 10 interlinked legislative acts, spanning border security, mandatory screening, and a unified asylum system.
