The EU’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum is a long-awaited agreement meant to establish a common asylum system with standard procedures, and mitigate the migratory pressures in the front-line states of the European Union. Several regulations of this legislative package seem to blemish the EU’s reputation as a protector and promoter of human rights. The present paper contextualizes the adoption of this double-edged pact and presents its positive and controversial aspects while stressing how difficult it is nowadays for a supranational organisation like the EU to strike the right balance between its internal and external responsibilities.
Author: Caroline-Raluca Ghețu, Expert and editor, European Institute of Romania.
This article is available on the European Institute of Romania website.
