A current price of EUR 9,882 billion will be allocated from the EU budget over the next seven years to the revived Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), part of the Multiannual Financial System 2021-2027, following the agreement of the European Parliament and the Council on the EU's budgetary goals for migration over the next seven years on 10 December.
Rapporteur Tanja Fajon, commenting on the deal, said after the vote that the new fund is going to be a very significant EU instrument to efficiently handle migration, asylum and integration.
Solidarity will not be simply an empty term, as EU countries will receive generous financial assistance, including by resettlement and relocation. "Local and regional authorities will also have easier access to EU funding for integration spending, and increased guarantees will limit spending outside the EU, which has been a key issue for Parliament," she said.
The new AMIF will, according to the co-legislators, lead to:
- Enhancement of the common policy of asylum
- Creation of legal migration in line with the Member States' economic and social needs
- Help for successful integration and social inclusion of third-country nationals
- Contribute to fighting illicit migration
- Ensure that those without the right to remain in the EU are returned and re-admitted in an appropriate, safe and humane manner.
The Parliament also requested funds aimed at enhancing "solidarity and sharing of responsibility between Member States, in particular towards those most affected by the challenges of migration and asylum, including through practical cooperation."
It also demanded that the EU Member States allocate 63.5 per cent of the funds to jointly administered programmes, based on the number of third-country nationals residing in the country, the asylum claims admitted, the return decisions taken and the successful returns, among other items.
The remaining 36.5 per cent will be handled directly by the EU, primarily to assist emergency resettlement and humanitarian entry from countries outside the EU.
Negotiators have decided that local and regional authorities concerned with the introduction of policies to incorporate citizens into their communities should be allocated funds.
Finally, the MEPs have successfully managed to lift the amount that EU countries will receive to EUR 10,000 for each resettled citizen, up from the EUR 7,000 envisaged by the Council. For each person who is moved from another Member State, they will also receive the same number.
At the same time, Member States will now receive EUR 6,000 for each citizen they welcome on humanitarian grounds, EUR 8,000 if needy, although they have not previously received any funds for such actions.
Back in September, the Commission of the European Union announced its proposal for a new Migration and Asylum Agreement, which balances, among other things, the principles of mutual distribution of responsibility and solidarity between Member States.
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