The Pact on Migration and Asylum: Turning the European Territory into a Non-territory?

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The article argues that the Pact on Migration and Asylum, particularly through pre-entry screening and new border procedures, develops policies aimed at deterritorialising EU territory while reinforcing externalisation. It states that implementation presupposes third-country cooperation on expulsion and readmission and may precarise the legal position of migrants and asylum-seekers and create tensions with strategic third countries.