A new “political agreement” to overhaul the European Union’s asylum and migration system will severely curtail the rights of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees.

The Council has adopted a series of legislative acts to reform the EU's legal framework on migration and asylum management.

However, in reality, the final Pact agreement has left troubling cracks in the foundations of the EU’s new migration and asylum system. It is unlikely to ease the pressure on the states of first entry ...

Ireland is set to opt-in to the European Union’s controversial Migration and Asylum Pact after Dáil passed the proposal on Wednesday. But what is the pact, why is it controversial and how has ...

BRUSSELS — European Union nations endorsed sweeping reforms to the bloc’s failed asylum system on Tuesday as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration ...

Representatives of the European Parliament and of EU governments reached an accord after all-night talks on EU laws collectively called the New Pact on Migration and Asylum that should start ...

European Union nations endorsed sweeping reforms to the bloc’s failed asylum system on Tuesday as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration expected to be an ...

EU lawmakers tighten borders with pact on migration, asylum With many Europeans angry over the large number of migrants entering the bloc, the European Parliament passed a controversial set of laws ...

A new asylum and migration management regulation Determining which member state is responsible for the examination of each application for international protection and ensuring a fairer sharing of ...

The Council of the European Union announced the formal adoption of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum on Tuesday, taking steps to reform the bloc’s asylum and migration system, despite opposition ...

How does the new deal address that? Each EU country would be assigned a share of the 30,000 people overall the bloc is expected to accommodate per year in its joint migration system at any given time.