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A looming deadline to overhaul the EU's asylum and migration pact is adding to the pressure for a deal ahead of the European elections in June 2024 (Photo: Fotomovimiento)

Blocking minority of EU states risks derailing asylum overhaul

A blocking minority of member states is posing tricky questions on whether the EU can reach a deal on an overhaul of the bloc's asylum and migration laws.

The European Commission is still hoping for a political agreement before the end of the year — despite fresh resistance from Germany, an on-going rebellion by Hungary and Poland, and other naysayers like Austria and the Czech Republic in a key proposal known as the crisis regulation.

"Together with Germany, those four will form ...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

A looming deadline to overhaul the EU's asylum and migration pact is adding to the pressure for a deal ahead of the European elections in June 2024 (Photo: Fotomovimiento)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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