European Parliament passes stricter EU migration and asylum rules

The European Parliament passed stricter migration and asylum rules in the European Union on Wednesday, after years of internal dispute and against the backdrop of rising EU asylum applications.

"It has been more than 10 years in the making," the EU legislature's President Roberta Metsola said on X, formerly Twitter. "But we kept our word."

At a press conference later, Metsola spoke of a package that is "fair with those eligible for protection, that is firm with those who are not, and that is strong against the traffickers and the networks preying on the most vulnerable of people."