Published on
10/06/2026 - 9:59 GMT+2
On Friday, June 12, the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum enters into force, two years after it was signed into law. For the first time, all 27 member states must follow a single set of rules covering border screening, asylum procedures, reception conditions, and a solidarity mechanism for relocating asylum seekers between countries.
The goal is to end a patchwork system where someone arriving in Greece faces an entirely different legal reality than someone arriving in Germany.
But ambition is already running into reality. The 2026 relocation target was 21,000; member states pledged fewer than half that number, with Hungary and Slovakia committing to none.
