What Is Changing for Travelers, Workers and Migrants — And Who Will Pay the Price. EU Migration Pact & Schengen Europe finally changed the rules. For years, the European Union lived in a permanent migration crisis: overcrowded border states, slow asylum procedures, chaotic relocations, political fights over “solidarity”, and Schengen under constant pressure. In 2026, that era quietly ended. Not because migration stopped — but because Europe finally rewrote the rules. The EU M