EU member states agreed on Monday on the migration "Solidarity Pool" for 2026, which consists of 21,000 relocations of asylum seekers and €420 million in financial contributions for 2026. This is below the threshold set by the European Commission and would reduce the level of solidarity provided to Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus, as previously reported by Euronews.
According to the EU's Asylum and Migration Management Regulation, each year the Commission should propose that the following year at least 30,000 people have to be relocated across the EU from countries under migratory pressure and €600 million in financial contributions have to be disbursed by the rest of the member states.
