The European Commission published a strategic plan comprising 10 parts on Wednesday to roll out controversial new migration and asylum rules for the European Union.
The aim is to make the regulations a "reality on the ground" in EU countries, European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said in a statement.
The new body of migration law is the product of years of fierce debate between member states, but the EU finally adopted new legislation in May.
The new laws require all 27 EU member states to take some responsibility for managing asylum applications - including those who voted against the reforms - but the package also makes the rules much stricter for applicants.
After the adoption, EU member states have two years to introduce the legislation into national law. The commission strategy is to help the bloc's countries do this by mid-2026.
"Not all member states are starting from the same place," said Schinas. "For example, some member states already have experience with advanced screening procedures at the borders," he said.
Applicants who come from a country with an asylum recognition rate in the EU of less than 20%, as well as countries decided to be a public security risk, will be subject to such border checks.
According to the legislation, arrivals in the bloc will also be registered with fingerprints and photos to screen for threats to public security.
A major part of the commission's plan is a large IT system called Eurodac, in which the data of people seeking asylum is to be stored and processed to better monitor applicants between EU countries.
An expanded role for the EU return coordinator, a commission position set up in 2022, is to play a key part in centralizing the bloc's deportation procedures to ensure that they are efficient and fair.
