Published June 13, 2026 · The Immigrants Editorial Team Reading time: 12 minutes Your Rights at the EU Border: What the Law Says vs. What Actually Happens There is a version of Europe that exists on paper. In that version, every person who reaches EU territory has the right to request asylum. No one is expelled without an individual review of their case. No one is beaten, stripped, or thrown into a river at three in the morning. Children are not separated from parents. People

What the New EU Asylum Pact Means for You Published June 13, 2026 · The Immigrants Editorial Team Something changed yesterday. Quietly, without fanfare, without anyone knocking on your door to explain it. On June 12, 2026, the European Union's new Migration and Asylum Pact came into full effect. It is the biggest overhaul of European asylum law in over a decade — ten pieces of binding legislation, rewriting the rules that govern what happens to you when you arrive at a Europe