Migration and Asylum Pact
Coverage of Migration and Asylum Pact in the Nexus archive.
- Greece’s Mitsotakis: EU needs new tools to fight back against weaponized migration
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis argues that the EU needs new tools to address weaponized migration, citing events in Ceuta and past incidents in Greece, Lithuania, Poland, and Latvia as examples of migration being used as a geopolitical tool. He emphasizes the inadequacy of the current Migration and Asylum Pact in handling scenarios where migration is deliberately amplified to test European resilience.
- Macron ally hits out at far-right Bardella’s migration ‘fraud’
The French government and far-right National Rally are clashing over migration policies ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Macron's ally, Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad, accused National Rally leader Jordan Bardella of hypocrisy, citing inconsistent support for EU migration controls and deportation measures.
- Pope Leo slams Europe for treating migrants like ‘numbers or files’
Pope Leo XIV criticized European governments for treating migrants as 'numbers or files' during a speech in Gran Canaria, Spain, highlighting their indifference to migrant suffering. He condemned the Mediterranean and Atlantic as 'graveyards without tombstones' and called for compassion, addressing an audience including migrants. The remarks preceded the EU's new Migration and Asylum Pact, while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez emphasized pro-migrant policies.