Press Release: Investing in an open and secure Europe: €1.8 billion to fund Asylum, Migration, Integration and Security

On 25 March 2015 the European Commission approved 22 new multiannual national programmes under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) for the period 2014-2020, worth together approximately €1.8 billion. An additional 36 national programmes were planned to be approved later in 2015. These two strands of EU funding support Member States' efforts in the fields of asylum, migration and integration, and internal security.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: AMIF, the EU Fund devoted to asylum and migration issues http://www.europeansources.info/record/amif-the-eu-fund-devoted-to-asylum-and-migration-issues/

ESO: Background information: Commission makes progress on a European Agenda on Migration http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-makes-progress-on-a-european-agenda-on-migration/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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