Marlaska applauds the EU migration pact, "a regulation appropriate to the circumstances"
The acting Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has celebrated that the 27 have certified this Wednesday that there is a sufficient majority to establish their position on the key crisis mechanism in the reform of the asylum and migration policy of the European Union , thus overcoming the last obstacle open so that governments and the European Parliament could resume negotiations in order to close the Migration Pact before the end of the European legislature in June of next year.
“It will help us, without a doubt, to address the migration phenomenon much better.”. Having a migration pact is essential, a regulation appropriate to the circumstances of the moment,” Marlaska said this Wednesday in statements to the media in Granada.. At this point, he explained that the mandate for negotiating this regulation has been approved in Brussels.. Thus, he pointed out that they already have “the complete mandate” so they can now begin to “work firmly” with the European Parliament.
For this reason, the acting Minister of the Interior has assured that before the conclusion of the European Legislature, in May 2024, they will have this immigration agreement between all institutions.. “The migration phenomenon is a phenomenon that demands the best from us,” he said..
After this agreement, Marlaska thanked the technical teams of all the ministries involved and all the officials who have worked “24 hours trying to reach this agreement”. “It has not been easy and that is why it is much more satisfactory,” he pointed out..
New asylums
The new text establishes the legal framework that will allow Member States to adapt to a crisis situation in the field of asylum and migration, in relation to the registration of asylum applications and the asylum procedure at the border.. These countries may also request solidarity and support measures from the EU and its Member States..
Thus, Member States that are facing a crisis situation may request support from other countries, which may take the form of transferring asylum or international protection seekers from the Member State that is in crisis to others; in liability compensation; or in financial support or other solidarity measures.
These exceptional and solidarity measures require the authorization of the European Council, in accordance with the principles of necessity and proportionality, and in compliance with the fundamental rights of third-country nationals and people without nationality..
The Crisis Regulation is part of the new Pact on Migration and Asylum, made up of a series of texts to reform EU policy on this matter. In addition to the Crisis Regulation, the 27 have closed proposals for the Migration Management Regulation and for the Asylum Procedure Regulation.