08/06/2023 23:00 | Press release Migration policy: Council reaches agreement on key asylum and migration lawsThe Council today took a decisive step towards a modernisation of the EU’s rulebook for asylum and migration. It agreed on a negotiating position on the asylum procedure regulation and on the asylum and migration management regulation. This position will form the basis of negotiations by the Council presidency with the European Parliament. |
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8 June 202323:00
Migration policy: Council reaches agreement on key asylum and migration laws

Maria Malmer Stenergard, Swedish Minister for Migration, and Ylva Johansson, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, at a press conference about the agreement.© European Union
The Council today took a decisive step towards a modernisation of the EU’s rulebook for asylum and migration. It agreed on a negotiating position on the asylum procedure regulation and on the asylum and migration management regulation. This position will form the basis of negotiations by the Council presidency with the European Parliament.
The EU has long been plagued by the lack of migration policy. I’m delighted that the Swedish Presidency has concluded these difficult negotiations, and I’m convinced that the policy the Council has agreed on will also facilitate more sustainable immigration to Sweden. With better controls at the Member States’ borders and more effective returns, the situation in the EU will be more sustainable,Maria Malmer StenergardMinister for Migration

Streamlining of asylum procedure