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The EU’s Migration Pact: A Strategy to Distribute Rather Than Solve

The fishing attempts to manage the migration crisis were exemplified by the EU's decision to create a quota of 160,000 migrants to be shared among member states in 2015. However, this strategy faced significant pushback, particularly from central and Eastern European nations such as Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, all of which refused to comply. The outcome was stark; only a fraction of the intended migrants were distributed, and many countries failed to honor their pledges.