The „New Pact“: new border procedures, more detention, no solution to old problems
November 2020
An overview of the most important aspects of the „New Pact on Migration and Asylum“ from the perspective of rule of law, European law and human rights.
On 23 September 2020, the European Commission presented its „New Pact on Migration and Asylum“, a new proposal for a reform of the Common European Asylum System and the corresponding legislative instruments. PRO ASYL has analysed the proposals and presents the main aspects of the Screening Regulation, the Asylum Procedures Regulation, the Asylum and Migration Management Regulationand the Crisis Regulation. In their interaction they undermine the right to asylum in Europe, which is enshrined in Article 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR).