LIBE Committee approves the texts of the Pact on Migration and Asylum

Today, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (LIBE) approved the inter-institutional agreement achieved in December with the Council on the Migration and Asylum Pact. 

Six days after the permanent representatives of the EU Member States meeting in the Coreper approved all files of the Migration and Asylum Pact, the LIBE Committee voted on all files as follows:

  • The provisional agreement on the regulation on asylum and migration management was backed by 41 votes in favour 24 against and 2 abstentions.
  • The provisional agreement on crisis situations regulation was confirmed with 37 votes in favour 26 against and 4 abstentions.
  • The provisional agreement on the screening regulation was confirmed with 48 votes in favour, 16 against and 2 abstentions. 
  • The provisional agreement on the asylum procedure regulation was confirmed by 40 votes in favour 23 against and 4 abstentions.
  • The provisional agreement on Eurodac database was confirmed with 48 votes in favour, 17 against and 2 abstentions.
  • The provisional agreement on the rules on qualifications standards was confirmed with 42 votes in favour, 24 against and 1 abstention.
  • The provisional agreement on modified reception conditions rules was confirmed with 47 votes in favour, 14 against and 6 abstentions.
  • The provisional agreement on a new EU Resettlement framework was confirmed with 53 votes in favour, 14 against and no abstentions.

The texts await a formal adoption in an upcoming Parliament plenary session and final Council endorsement.

For further details, please read the press release from the European Parliament.

Publication Date: Wed 14 Feb 2024
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