European Funds Unit - Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027


The General Objective of the AMIF policy is to contribute to the efficient management of migration flows and the implementation, enhancement and development of common asylum and migration policy, according to the acquis and fully observing the international obligations of the Union and its Member States, which arise from international acts in which the Member States are contractual parties.

The Fund pursues the following specific objectives:

    1. Enhancement and development of all aspects of the European Asylum System, including its foreign dimension;

    2. Enhancement and development of legal migration towards the Member States, in accordance with their economic and social needs, and promotion and facilitation of the effective integration and social inclusion of third-country nationals;

    3. Tackling illegal migration, enhancement of the effective, safe and decent return, as well as the promotion of and contribution to the effective initial reintegration into third countries;

    4. Enhancement of solidarity and fair distribution of responsibilities between the Member States, especially when it comes to Member States that are the most affected by migration and asylum, through practical cooperation.


Watch the videos prepared by the European Commission for the new funds at the Home Affairs Funds' videos link.
You can read more about the new Programming Period 2021-2027 in the presentations on AMIF.pdf made by the European Funds Unit at the Sixth Monitoring Committee of the Home Affairs Funds 2014-2020, on 30/11/2021.