Answer to a written question – Mandatory relocation of migrants – doubts surrounding the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum – E-000588/2025(ASW)

The Commission refers the Honourable Member to its communication on the Common Implementation Plan[1] setting out the key actions required for the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum[2], including on relocation.

The Asylum and Migration Management Regulation[3] (AMMR) establishes a system of permanent and flexible solidarity among Member States. Each Member State has full discretion to choose its contribution to this solidarity system, and can choose from relocation, financial contributions and alternative measures (in-kind support).

According to the AMMR, this solidarity mechanism will start applying in June 2026.

• [1] COM(2024) 251 final, available at: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/common-implementation-plan-pact-migration-and-asylum_en.
• [2] https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en.
• [3] Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1147 and (EU) 2021/1060 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, OJ L, 2024/1351, 22.5.2024, (ELI: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1351/oj/eng).