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With its nine legislative files and well over 1,000 pages, the Pact on Migration and Asylum may be difficult to decipher. The Pact legislative files in a nutshell and questions and answers pages provide an overview by legislation and by topic.
On Europol's 25th anniversary, Commissioner Johansson delivered a speech at the EU versus Crime Conference on Security, taking stock of all the progress made in the area of internal security over the past years, but also looking ahead to the challenges the EU will have to face in the coming years.
A Task Force on Integration has been launched in Greece, to ensure integration of non-EU nationals into their host society, in cooperation with the Commission. As emphasised by the Pact, a successful integration and inclusion policy is essential to an effective migration system.
On 27 May 2024, the Council has adopted new rules to reinforce the fight against trafficking in human beings.
On 23 May 2024, few days after the adoption of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Commission and representatives of NGOs and civil society discussed the implementation of the new rules, focusing on the NGOs involvement especially in the area of information provision, reception and integration.
The Commission has launched two calls for expression of interest: call under the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and call under the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI). EU countries will receive additional funding for projects aimed at enhancing security in the EU.
On 21 May, the Commission opened for application a call for proposals under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund with a budget of EUR 6 million.
Figures published by the European Commission show that the consulates of EU countries and Schengen associated countries received more than 10.3 million applications for short-stay visas in 2023.
On 15 May, the Commission adopted the Seventh Progress Report on the EU Security Union Strategy for 2020-2025. The report provides an overview of the implementation of the strategy since its adoption in 2020.
On 1 May, 20 years ago, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined the European Union. Today, nine out of these ten Member States, are part of the Schengen area, guaranteeing free movement and promoting safe travel within Europe.