ANALYSIS OF THE EU’S NEW PACT ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM.

This article analyses the New Pact on Migration and Asylum which was released by the European Commission on 23 September 2020. It seeks to find out which problems the New Pact aims to address, how it intends to do so, and whether its proposals are likely to succeed in this. It does so by first laying out the current system which is being targeted for legislative reform and putting it into a historical context to explain why change is called for. It then describes the scope of the policy proposals within the New Pact and identifies where the biggest and most important changes are found. Finally, it assesses the reactions from external actors and offers remarks into what challenges and potential necessary amendments lie ahead. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]