The recent Pact on Migration and Asylum, a package of legislative and policy reforms to the European Union (EU) asylum acquis, introduces the concept of expedited procedures for asylum seekers likely to be in need of international protection. These procedures can be implemented under the new Crisis Regulation, which can be triggered in situations of crisis and force majeure. Generally, the Crisis Regulation foresees a range of problematic derogations from the EU asylum system, while the potential use of expedited procedures presents more protective options for granting asylum in crisis and force majeure situations. This article explores the possibility of implementing prima facie or manifestly well-founded procedures under the new Crisis Regulation, arguing for creative, flexible and scaled-up use of expedited procedures, drawing on international practice, to provide fast, fair and efficient procedures to recognise the status of refugees entering the EU in times of crisis.