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13.06.2026, Al Jazeera
The European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum officially took effect on Friday, 12 June, the culmination of years of tough negotiations between member states over how to handle incoming asylum seekers and migrants. The pact introduces stricter measures for people seeking to enter the EU. Human rights groups and left wing parties warn the reforms could undermine the rights of people seeking refuge, while right wing parties argue the new policy does not go far enough. The central question remains, will the pact actually deter people from seeking refuge in Europe? read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
12.06.2026, Médiapart
In a collective tribune published in Médiapart, French asylum law officials from the CGT of OFPRA and CNDA describe the EU Asylum Pact as fundamentally shameful. They warn that biometric data will be collected from the age of six, deportations can now be carried out while judicial appeals are still ongoing, and the legal fiction of non-entry effectively strips people seeking protection of their fundamental rights. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Frankreich
12.06.2026, taz.de
The taz reports from the secondary migration centre in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, where the state government has been piloting for months what is now to be rolled out across Germany: prison-like facilities in which people seeking protection are held until they can be returned to the EU country responsible for their asylum procedure. If countries like Italy actually begin accepting returns from Germany again, the secondary migration centres could become a mechanism for large-scale transfers. But if, as has been the case until now, very few people are accepted back, the centres could turn out to be an empty gesture. Around 40 percent of people arriving in Germany in the first half of 2026 would under GEAS only be entitled to fast-track procedures. Germany is going significantly beyond what the EU itself requires. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
12.06.2026, PRO ASYL
PRO ASYL published a comprehensive FAQ analysis on the day the GEAS reform entered into force, explaining the new rules for people seeking protection in Germany. From 12 June 2026, the reform of the Common European Asylum System applies across Germany and the EU, making it significantly harder for people fleeing to the EU to obtain protection. Central to the transition is the parallel operation of two systems: applications submitted before 12 June are processed under the old rules, while new applications fall under GEAS. PRO ASYL warns that many applications will now be processed in accelerated procedures with limited legal protection and will frequently be wrongly rejected. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
12.06.2026, Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees launched extensive internal adaptation processes on 12 June 2026 to implement the GEAS reform. As the largest European asylum authority, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has introduced far-reaching adaptation processes. The new system provides for a standard procedure of up to six months and an accelerated review procedure of up to three months, applied among other cases when the EU-wide protection rate of an applicant's country of origin is at or below 20 percent. Critics including PRO ASYL and Amnesty International warn that security authorities will now themselves decide who qualifies as particularly vulnerable, precisely the institution that has an interest in maximising deportation numbers. read more
12.06.2026, Mediendienst Integration
Mediendienst Integration published a comprehensive analysis on the day the GEAS reform entered into force, examining its impact on Germany. Central to the reform is the introduction of border procedures in reception facilities near airports, for which Germany must provide 374 places, initially at Frankfurt, Berlin, Stuttgart and Munich, with Düsseldorf and Hamburg under consideration. Under GEAS, fast-track procedures become the default for applicants from countries with recognition rates below 20 percent, significantly restricting access to legal remedies. Migration law expert Christina Riebesecker of the Abschiebehaftkontaktgruppe warned that detention is now becoming the normal state of European migration policy, with the new system providing for nine different forms of detention in total. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa, Europäische Union
12.06.2026, Wikipedia / Reuters / AP
Hungary and Poland have already opted out of the solidarity-based distribution of asylum seekers, with the conflict set to continue playing out behind the scenes. All EU Member States were required to submit their national implementation plans by 12 December, however only 14 countries submitted their plans by the deadline. In September 2024, the Netherlands and Hungary asked to opt out of the Pact, while France said it was open to renegotiating its contents. Expert Alberto Horst Neidhardt warned that the new system will be unable to deal with mass displacement and that nations could again resort to border closures. read more
12.06.2026, Courthouse News Service
The EU's tough new legal regime on migration went into effect, giving border authorities more powers to quickly expel migrants deemed ineligible for asylum, with experts fearing that Europe's humanitarian approach is being replaced by a focus on border security. Pope Leo XIV simultaneously visited the Canary Islands, telling migrant traffickers to "stop, repent or face God's wrath." Human rights organisations warn that the combination of new fast-track expulsion rules and the EU Return Regulation amounts to a systematic dismantling of the right to asylum. read more
12.06.2026, Croatia Week / Hina
With the EU Asylum Pact entering into force on 12 June 2026, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain will receive support including the relocation of up to 21,000 asylum seekers or financial assistance of up to €420 million from the EU budget until the end of 2026. Croatia is among six Member States identified by the European Commission as having faced significant migration pressure over the past five years, and can request full or partial exemption from the solidarity mechanism alongside Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia and Poland. The EU recorded a 35 percent drop in irregular border crossings between July 2024 and June 2025 compared to the previous year. read more
12.06.2026, Infomigrants
As countries across the European Union prepare to implement new asylum rules, a center for asylum procedures at the bloc's external borders opens at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport in the German capital. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
After more than ten years of dispute and two years of preparation, the reform of the Common European Asylum System entered into force on Friday. While churches, human rights organisations and refugee support groups warn of the consequences, Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed the reform in a government statement, describing it as a migration turnaround already under way and the most significant step toward solving the problem. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also expressed satisfaction, describing GEAS as delivering efficient, fair and decisive measures, with secure external borders and solidarity within. read more
12.06.2026, euronews
The EU Migration and Asylum Pact came into force in 2024, starting a two year transition phase, and national governments are now required to implement it. According to the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), the pact introduces efficiency into the system. The Council and Parliament agreed on 1 June on so called return hubs outside EU borders to host people without the right to remain. To meet the 12 June deadline, EU countries had to rewrite national laws to align police, courts and immigration offices with the new EU rules. The EUAA says its new monitoring system aims to prevent individual shortcomings from cascading across the wider system. read more
From 12 June 2026, the new GEAS reform rules apply across the EU — the package comprises nine regulations and one directive, with new border procedures at Schengen external borders and fast-track processing in many asylum cases as central elements. Germany will now establish so-called secondary migration centres where people whose cases fall under another Member State's jurisdiction are housed and transferred — a measure that goes beyond what EU law requires. Fast-track procedures mean significantly reduced legal protection for asylum seekers. read more
From 12 June 2026, the GEAS reform applies across Germany and the EU — making it even harder for people fleeing to Europe to receive protection. PRO ASYL had already described the GEAS reform in 2024 as a "historic low point for refugee protection in Europe" — many asylum applications will now be processed in accelerated procedures with restricted legal safeguards, with the foreseeable consequence that they will frequently be wrongly rejected. PRO ASYL answers the most important questions about the new rules. read more
12.06.2026, tagesspiegel
The European Asylum Pact enters force today, a genuine step forward, the Tagesspiegel argues. But the accompanying Return Regulation is a dangerous wrong turn and a gift to right-wing populists. Anyone who wants to deport people to countries without rule of law abandons the idea that dignity is universal, the Return Regulation is not a remedy against right-wing sentiment but its confirmation. Many questions remain unresolved and several Member States, including Germany, are behind on implementation. read more
12.06.2026, Tagesspiegel
After nearly ten years of negotiations, a unified framework now applies across all 27 EU Member States: all arrivals will be biometrically registered, procedures accelerated, and frontline states relieved through intra-European solidarity. For people from countries with low recognition rates, asylum procedures will now be conducted within twelve weeks in camps at the external borders — with immediate return proceedings upon rejection. For people seeking protection, the reform marks a significant reduction in procedural rights and safeguards. read more
11.06.2026, International rescue committee
The IRC warns that the new EU Asylum Pact represents the biggest rollback of rights for people seeking safety in Europe in more than a decade and is likely to result in more deterrence, detention and deportations. New safe country rules are likely to result in deportations being significantly ramped up, including people being sent to detention centres outside of EU territory which are essentially legal black holes. Vulnerable groups are particularly at risk, as fast track screening processes may result in children and others with specific needs not being identified or receiving the protection and care they are entitled to under EU and international law. read more
11.06.2026, Human Rights Watch
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact ushers in sweeping changes that undermine the right to asylum, Human Rights Watch said. Particularly alarming: the Pact threatens protection for asylum seekers with disabilities, accelerated border procedures and shortened deadlines make it even harder for vulnerable people to assert their rights. "The new EU asylum pact slams the door in the face of people who deserve to be treated with dignity and to have a fair hearing," said Judith Sunderland of Human Rights Watch. read more
11.06.2026, Deutscher Bundestag
The German Institute for Human Rights criticised the GEAS adaptation law for failing to use the discretion available under EU law in favour of people seeking protection — while fully exploiting all possibilities to restrict rights, making detention the rule rather than the exception. Prof. Constantin Hruschka of the Evangelical University of Freiburg described the law as "unreadable" in its drafting, calling the GEAS reform the deepest cut to German asylum law since 1993 and a massive setback for refugee protection across Europe. read more
11.06.2026, MiGAZIN
According to the UN Refugee Agency, the number of people displaced has declined over the course of the year for the first time in a decade. As of the end of 2025, there were 117.8 million refugees and displaced persons worldwide, the UNHCR announced on Thursday in Geneva. That represents a decrease of 5.4 million men, women, and children—or four percent—compared to the end of 2024. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Weltweit
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