Asylum Migration and Integration

Asylum Migration and Integration Fund has a specific focus on early-integration measures, with a possibility for higher than standard co-financing rate for local and regional authorities, and civil society. The new programme predominantly focuses on early stages of integration and the overall aims are the following:  Developing and fostering the Common European Asylum System, including its external dimension; Supporting legal migration to the Member States and facilitating the integration of third-country nationals; Reducing irregular migration and improving the effectiveness of return and re-admission in third countries; Enhancing solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility between the Member States.