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\u201cWe will see how things turn out if [the EU\u2019s migration policy] comes under pressure again,\u201d Dutch Migration Minister Bart van den Brink told POLITICO last week. | John Beckmann\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty Images<\/p>\n\u201cWe will see how things turn out if [the EU\u2019s migration policy] comes under pressure again,\u201d Dutch Migration Minister Bart van den Brink, who only took up his role last month, told POLITICO on the sidelines of a meeting of migration ministers in Brussels last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Van den Brink was optimistic, however, saying that \u201cthere has been much more solidarity and relaxation in the relationship between different member states\u201d since the EU agreed on the migration pact and that \u201cthe willingness to cooperate is also far greater\u201d now that migration is so high on the political agenda.<\/p>\n
The Migration and Asylum Pact, the product of years of negotiations between national governments, is due to be implemented on June 12 and will introduce stricter procedures to process asylum applications at the border, special measures for crisis situations, and a mechanism to support countries that receive the bulk of migrants by providing financial aid or by accepting relocations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will see how things turn out if [the EU\u2019s migration policy] comes under pressure again,\u201d Dutch Migration Minister Bart van den Brink told POLITICO last week. | John Beckmann\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The new measures show the EU has \u201ccome a long way since 2015, when the refugee crisis erupted,\u201d Cyprus\u2019s Ioannides said.<\/p>\n
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The desire to come up with new migration rules was spurred by the events of 2015, when an estimated one million people<\/a> sought asylum in Europe, half of them fleeing Syria. Europe\u2019s response tested the EU\u2019s unity<\/a>, as countries criticized the way Greece, which received the vast majority of the refugees, was handling the crisis; reinstated border controls to stop refugees from traveling onward within the bloc; and dragged their feet over an emergency relocation plan. <\/p>\n