Red Cross EU Office: Using AMF to support transparent and effective migration policies

The undersigned organisations call on the co-legislators to consider a number of key asks to make sure that the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMF) plays a considerable role in supporting its stated objectives, including more humane, transparent and effective asylum and migration policies.

In June 2018, the European Commission published a set of proposals to establish the new European Union’s (EU) Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027. As part of these proposals, the AMF, which will succeed to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), is currently being negotiated by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission. The AMF should aim to support fair and efficient asylum systems in Europe, to guarantee safe and dignified returns of third-country nationals, as well as to harmonise high standards in the field of asylum, reception, and integration.

Read the full list of asks, outlined below, and see the full list of signatories here:

  • Enhance the role of CSOs and local authorities
  • Strengthen the Partnership Principle both at national and EU level
  • Build synergies between the AMF and the ESF+ proposals
  • Define and frame the use of AMF in non-EU countries