On Tuesday 11 November, the Commission launched the first migration management cycle under the ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ with a report on migration trends in the EU and two draft decisions. These decisions classify Member States into three categories and recommend respective provisional figures (kept confidential) designed to fulfil the pact’s commitment to relocate at least 30,000 people a year or provide €600 million in aid.
While flows to the EU are now declining,...