New EU migration pact is not enough

Migrants being brought to Malta on an AFM vessel. Photo: Jonathan Borg

The new EU migration pact will likely remain as ineffective as its predecessors. The Dublin Regulation and the Schengen Agreement, both predecessors of the new migration pact, had far-reaching consequences.The Dublin Regulation, for instance, placed disproportionate burdens on specific countries, such as Malta, Greece and Italy, in determining the EU member State responsible for examining...