EU Leaders Finally Reach Historic Agreement on Curbing Asylum Seeker Flow and Migrant Reform

The European Union (EU) has reached a "historic" agreement on a new migrant deal aimed at overhauling the bloc's asylum seeker processing system. The deal, known as the Pact on Asylum and Migration, is seen as crucial ahead of next year's EU elections. While EU leaders hailed the agreement as a pragmatic approach that does not copy right-wing policies, critics argue that it will set back European asylum law and lead to more detention and human rights violations. The deal still requires final agreement on all its parts and transcribing into law before the elections in June.