Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

A final part is reserved for Union Actions, which are European Commission managed projects that are developed as either calls for proposals, direct awards, procurements, or delegation agreements.

[3] In 2004, more specific directives were also included in the Hague Programme[4] and the Council of Justice adopted the Common Basic Principles of this integration.

[5] Assessments and preparations for new instruments began to be carried out in 2010 and a public consultation was held in 2011 where the importance of the integration system was highlighted.

[6] In order to maximise the benefits of immigration, the Stockholm Programme established the priorities within the European agenda for the period 2010–2014.

[11] It was intended to strengthen the action of the funds by pooling them, the reasons were detailed in the 2012 analysis reports and the decision was supported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

[3] According to the text of the international instrument, the objectives of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund are listed in Article 3.

This introduction puts some ground rules to how and in which circumstances the Fund should be used by the member states and what should ideally result of a good use of it.

The fifth chapter (Financial and implementation framework) focuses on the actual budget and how it is split between all the different infrastructures and programmes linked to asylum, migration and integration needed for the assistance of the nationals.

[1] The budget designated for immigration was increased by the European Commission due to the mass of migrants seeking asylum on the Spanish and Italian coasts in 2015 known as the refugee crisis.

[12] Under the 2014 call for proposals to strengthen and develop all aspects of the Common European Asylum System, including its external dimension:[14][15] Action grants to provide emergency assistance: Under the Return fund: