IntelBrief: Europe’s Immigration Management Issues Are Far From Over

Bottom Line Up Front

• The initial celebration of the long-awaited adoption of the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum has been subdued by continued divisions among member states about immigration policy.
• While Denmark abandoned its plan to outsource asylum procedures to Rwanda in January 2023, Immigration Minister Kaare Dybvad said at an international migration conference this week that Copenhagen has not given up on this approach to immigration management yet.
• In Ireland, there has been a surge of asylum seekers entering Ireland from the UK via the Northern Ireland border, attempting to avoid deportation to Rwanda, which has caused a diplomatic row.
• The EU, aligned with the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, continues to outsource parts of its immigration management to third countries with a new €1 billion in aid for Lebanon to prevent Syrian asylum seekers from coming to Europe.