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Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Romania will receive tailored expertise until the end of November 2024 through the EU’s Technical Support Instrument (TSI) for the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum, making TSI a crucial component of the Pact.

The Commission welcomes Ireland’s official opt-in to the Pact as of 31 July 2024. Ireland notified the Commission of its wish to be bound by seven legal acts, as it has an opt-in or opt-out clause on individual proposals in the areas of freedom, security and justice, through the EU Treaty of Lisbon.

On 24 July, Commissioner Johansson presented the Common Implementation Plan for the Pact on Migration and Asylum to the new Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), underlining that this exchange will help turn the newly adopted Pact into a reality.

On 25 June, the European Migration Conference took place in Brussels bringing together international and European key actors to discuss the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum. Speakers focused on the Pact's implementation, which will be concluded by the new Commission.

On 12 June, the Commission adopted a Common Implementation Plan for the Pact on Migration and Asylum, setting out key actions required to translate the new migration rules into practice. EU countries will need to revise their national asylum law according to the obligations stemming from the Pact.

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.

On 30 April, the first ministerial conference on the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum took place in Ghent, following the European Parliament's endorsement of the Pact, on 10 April. This is a major step forward in tackling the migration and asylum challenges faced by the EU today.

Read Commissioner Johansson’s plenary speech on the Pact on Migration and Asylum, held in the European Parliament before the historic vote that led to its adoption. "It's time to fix our broken migration policy," she says, and explains how the Pact will do so, after 8 years of legislative work.

The European Commission welcomes the result of today’s vote in the Parliament, which will make the Pact on Migration and Asylum a reality. It is a milestone in migration and asylum policy, delivering a fairer, more efficient and sustainable framework to manage migration in the EU.