In a press release issued on Wednesday 31 July, the European Commission welcomed Ireland’s decision, notified on 27 June 2024, to participate in seven legislative acts of the ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’.
“Ireland’s decision to participate in the Pact demonstrates its commitment to shared European values and its desire to contribute to better management of migration in the EU”, says the Commission, which on the same day adopted the corresponding decisions confirming Ireland’s opt-in.
Ireland will participate in the following legislative acts: the Reception Conditions Directive; the Qualification Regulation; the Asylum Procedures Regulation; the Union Resettlement Framework Regulation; the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation; the Eurodac Regulation; the Crisis and Force Majeure Regulation.
“Ireland will benefit from additional operational, technical and financial support from the Commission and EU agencies throughout the Pact implementation process”, the Commission writes.
Implementing decision on sufficient capacity
On 12 August, the European Commission will adopt an implementing decision on the ‘sufficient capacity’ of Member States to implement the new Asylum Procedures Regulation.
To this end, it will calculate the number corresponding to each Member State’s sufficient capacity (number of places in reception facilities, with an annual target of 30,000 places for the EU) and will set the maximum number of applications that a Member State will have to examine each year under the border procedure (accelerated procedure). (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)