Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (2021-2027)

SUMMARY OF:

Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?

It establishes the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, which aims to contribute to the efficient management of migration flows and to help implement, strengthen and develop the common asylum and immigration policies of the European Union (EU).

KEY POINTS

The regulation setting up the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) 2021-2027 is one of several regulations adopted by the EU in the area of freedom, justice and security. These include:

Regulation (EU) 2021/1148 establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (see summary);
Regulation (EU) 2021/1149 establishing the Internal Security Fund (see summary).

Objectives

The fund has 4 specific objectives:

strengthening and developing the Common European Asylum System, including its external dimension;
strengthening and developing legal migration to EU Member States, which includes promoting integration and social inclusion;
contributing to efforts countering illegal migration and enhancing safe and dignified return and readmission;
enhancing solidarity and the sharing of responsibility between Member States.

Budget and allocation of funds

The fund has a budget of €9.882 billion for the period of 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027, the duration of the multiannual financial framework.
€6.270 billion is allocated to Member State programmes and €3.612 billion to the ‘thematic facility’, which has several components including
- specific actions
- direct management actions at EU level
- emergency assistance, resettlement and relocation
- the European Migration Network.
Each Member State receives a fixed sum of €8 million at the beginning of the programming period, with the exception of Cyprus, Greece and Malta which receive €28 million each.
The remaining allocation is divided as follows
- 35% for asylum
- 30% for legal migration and integration
- 35% for illegal migration and returns.
Member States must allocate at least 15% of their allocation to the asylum and legal migration and integration objectives.
a minimum of 20% of the thematic facility should be assigned to the solidarity objective.

Resettlement, humanitarian admission and relocation

The fund grants lump sums to Member States for the following cases:

€10,000 for each person admitted through resettlement, including family members;
€6,000 for each person admitted through humanitarian admission, with the amount increased to €8,000 for vulnerable persons — family members may also be eligible;
€10,000 for each applicant / beneficiary of international protection transferred from one Member State to another, including family members.

Non-EU countries

The fund can support actions in or in relation to non-EU countries if they:
- contribute to the fund’s objectives;
- are not development-oriented;
- are coordinated with other EU actions; and
- are consistent with the EU’s priorities and external policy.
Specific actions concerning cooperation with non-EU countries and reintegration assistance can be supported through the thematic facility.
Non-EU countries can also be associated with the fund, subject to specific guarantees and agreements.

FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?

It has applied since 1 January 2021.

BACKGROUND

For more information, see:

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (European Commission).

MAIN DOCUMENT

Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (OJ L 251, 15.7.2021, pp. 1-47)