KOMENTARZWIADOMOŚCIOPINIA Is the new EU's Migration and Asylum Pact an act of securitisation of migration? Frontex The Migration and Asylum Pact, newly approved by the EU, is a response to the last decade’s experience with irregular migration flows and growing concerns regarding external border security. The new regulations introduce stricter asylum procedures and a new dimension of the solidarity approach, which cause controversy and raise additional questions. In 2024, the European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum was formally adopted, and the European Commission launched a two-year transition period with a Joint Implementation Plan. The influence of recent Ceuta eventsBoth the Pact on Migration and Asylum and the regulation on a common system for returning migrants exemplify the securitisation of migration.