Conclusion
4. The Impact of the New EU Pact on Europe’s External Borders: The Case of
4.4 By way of conclusion
mechanisms need to be established to ensure human rights compliance.
For example, short time limits for lodging an application or an appeal may considerably restrict the procedural guarantees available to asy-lum-seekers subject to border procedures, increasing the likelihood of expulsion (Jones et al., 2020). This flexibility approach might very well be seen as the Commissioners’ response to a demand by Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria asking for ‘an emergency and flexibility clause’ to be integrated into the new Pact to ‘reinforce the frontline states’ capacity to effectively tackle exceptional migration circumstances’ (Cyprus News Agency, 2020). Does this offset the maintenance and expansion of the first entry criterion in the new Asylum and Migration Management (Dublin) Reg-ulation?
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