The European Parliament passed stricter migration and asylum rules in the European Union on Wednesday after years of internal dispute against the backdrop of rising EU asylum applications.
"It has been more than 10 years in the making," the EU legislature's President Roberta Metsola said on X, formerly Twitter. "But we kept our word."
Overhauling the EU's migration regime has been the subject of intense work — and fierce debate — since 2015 when record numbers of migrants arrived in the EU.
Metsola described the overhaul of the bloc's asylum and migration rules as a "balance between solidarity and responsibility." The vote brings the rules one step closer to enforcement. The final approval will be among EU ministers.
