The European Commission is quietly speeding ahead with the implementation of its controversial European Union Migration Pact—despite objections from such as member states Poland and Hungary.
Ignoring the concerns of citizens that influenced much of the voting in last week’s EU elections, the Commission is committing to new measures that would worsen the bloc’s asylum problems. Internal documents show that Brussels plans an aggressive implementation process in the coming weeks and months.
The materials seen by The European Conservative include the agenda for today’s meeting, supported by miscellaneous correspondence about the Pact sent out by the Commission.
The documents also reveal official concerns that the proposed common EU asylum database won’t be fully operational until 2026 at the earliest. They warn of issues over “appropriately trained personnel.” Commission staff are preparing for September meetings with member states to resolve the matter.
Marketed as the cornerstone of a shared EU asylum strategy, the Migration Pact has had a tough legislative journey recently, fiercely opposed by MEPs and member states as centralising open border policies in the hands of the European Commission.
In the absence of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen due to post-election talks, Danish Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to sign off on the next steps of the Migration Pact Wednesday at a meeting of Commissioners in Brussels.
Key aspects of the asylum pact include a ‘solidarity mechanism’ that would see predominantly northern EU member states either pay for the upkeep of migrants in southern Europe or accept them at home, in the form of an allotted quota based on GDP. One former head of Frontex has already warned The European Conservative of the secretive backroom politics underpinning the Pact.
Regarding refugee relocation, the document goes on to describe how the resettlement process could begin as early as October 2025, once risk assessments are made on member states facing potential “migratory pressure.”
According to the documentation seen by The European Conservative, there is an ongoing effort to prioritise deportations of asylum seekers of nationalities that register unusually high refusal rates. Member states are already under scrutiny for adjusting their pre-existing asylum legislation over the coming months.
Member states will also be obliged to build an inventory listing the educational status of all arrivals with the EU, with the EU Asylum Agency taking a greater lead in organising the bloc’s migration strategies—largely to the detriment of Frontex.
We must now seize this positive momentum to translate the Pact from legislative acts into an operational reality. Two years from their entry into force on June 12, 2024, the legal instruments that constitute the Pact on Migration and Asylum will become applicable as of mid-2026.
If this section of the document makes the Eurocrats seem zealous, worse is to come. As part of the Pact, the EU will also monitor the compliance of individual member states. This means, reviewing national policies in order to ensure that authorities don’t keep track of refugees “absconding” from state surveillance, while making a conscious effort to ensure asylum seekers receive adequate housing.
By June 2026, member states will be required to apply legal safeguards for refugee housing into national law, with those who object liable for infringement procedures, financial penalties, and even suspended EU funding should they fail to comply with Brussels.
