Analyses

Tracking the Pact: Member state comments on the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation and Asylum Procedure Regulation

Member states are discussing a substantially redrafted version of the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation, and a new compromise version of the Asylum Procedure Regulation.
Member states are discussing a substantially redrafted version of the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation, and a new compromise version of the Asylum Procedure Regulation.

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Asylum and Migration Management Regulation

On 21 March a compilation of comments from member states (pdf) was circulated within the Council, the same day as an updated version of the proposed Regulation (pdf). Member states were subsequently invited to submit comments on the updated draft (pdf), with a deadline of 31 March.

In the updated version of the proposed Regulation, the Swedish Council Presidency invites reflection on:

  • The time limit for a shift of responsibility in case of absconding
  • Dublin procedures
  • Further deliberations regarding responsibility
  • Beneficiaries of international protection

Asylum Procedure Regulation

Member state comments on the proposed Asylum Procedure Regulation (pdf) were circulated in the Council on 29 March in response to a version of the text circulated on 10 March (pdf). An updated version of the proposed legislation was then circulated on 31 March, but is yet to emerge into the light of day.

The 10 March version includes “new articles on the border procedure (Article 4(x), Articles 41ba-41bd and Article 60).”

Documentation