BRUSSELS — What seemed close to impossible in recent years—an EU-wide agreement on migration—is now likely to become reality, with the New Pact on Migration and Asylum in the last stages of negotiation and hoped-for approval before European elections next June. Yet even if the pact is finalized, it must pass another test before policymakers can claim victory: translation of the complex legal construct into something that works in practice and can withstand spikes in migrant arrivals and other challenges.
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