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European Commission allocates €3 billion in additional funding for Migration and Asylum Pact; funds support member states hosting Ukrainian refugees and border management through MFF and AMIF programs

May 9, 2025 Press Release 3 min read

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May 9, 2025 (press release) –

The Commission has adopted a decision to provide an additional €3 billion to support Member States with the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum and to host refugees from Ukraine.

President von der Leyen announced this extra support in today's press conference with Chancellor Merz. You will find her statement here.

The additional funding comes from the revision of the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF €1.8 billion) and from a top-up to the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI €1.2 billion). It comes in addition to almost €11 billion already allocated for migration and border management under AMIF and BMVIAMIF, BMVI, ISF total allocations per Member State for the 2021-2027 period* Updated: 05/05/2025 Member State AMIF BMVI ISF Grand Total Austria 157,023,679.00 30,069,713.00 30,231,276.00 217,324,668.00 Belgium 216,732,447.59 39,602,691.00 33,763,652.52 290,098,791.11 Bulgaria 53,468,249.86 265,447,623.31 44,619,878.43 363,535,751.60 Croatia 47,687,335.00 215,405,883.72 35,730,549.00 298,823,767.72 Cyprus 82,159,260.14 80,596,152.53 25,594,384.12 188,349,796.79 Czechia 85,247,153.00 32,352,846.40 35,493,353.96 153,093,353.36 Denmark 37,192,049.00 37,192,049.00 Estonia 21,141,906.00 41,645,701.10 28,574,447.30 91,362,054.40 Finland 113,256,842.00 133,160,712.00 37,515,526.77 283,933,080.77 France 964,375,791.00 214,679,338.80 99,480,718.38 1,278,535,848.18 Germany 1,777,058,667.00 162,489,737.24 104,752,394.52 2,044,300,798.76 Greece 434,266,391.50 1,104,609,427.00 45,583,385.53 1,584,459,204.03 Hungary 54,921,581.00 131,160,387.87 38,747,254.00 224,829,222.87 Ireland 53,109,135.00 21,798,604.00 74,907,739.00 Italy 559,287,667.55 350,679,050.97 83,452,183.45 993,418,901.97 Latvia 35,396,016.00 129,529,900.88 32,935,833.76 197,861,750.64 Lithuania 40,096,818.65 357,644,713.40 30,274,342.56 428,015,874.61 Luxembourg 23,302,860.00 10,395,551.00 14,093,403.00 47,791,814.00 Malta 43,853,812.00 40,569,028.00 22,759,191.00 107,182,031.00 Netherlands 272,526,453.83 82,228,712.89 39,538,820.26 394,293,986.98 Poland 264,716,494.00 168,514,500.10 71,628,472.91 504,859,467.01 Portugal 74,622,771.00 70,618,954.84 41,365,278.49 186,607,004.33 Romania 58,182,113.00 221,894,100.68 53,512,004.20 333,588,217.88 Slovakia 34,881,127.00 29,769,482.50 34,534,751.00 99,185,360.50 Slovenia 44,864,581.00 108,139,322.71 32,256,450.29 185,260,354.00 Spain 568,195,033.00 367,060,535.98 85,744,624.32 1,021,000,193.30 Sweden 386,533,664.00 55,592,927.90 43,434,882.00 485,561,473.90 Grand Total 6,466,907,849.12 4,481,049,044.82 1,167,415,661.77 12,115,372,555.71 * The total EUR 12.12 billion allocated to Member States programmes includes the initial allocations to Member States as agreed by the co‐legislators and EUR 2.6 billion of transfers from other Funds and top‐ups to finance specific projects that bring Union’s added value in the policy areas covered by the three Funds (AMIF, BMVI, ISF) as well as to finance solidarity actions, such as the transfer of asylum seekers and refugees under AMIF. These top‐ups are funded from the so‐called Thematic Facility which is a flexibility instrument under the Home Affairs Funds, making it possible to address emerging or unforeseen needs. for the period of 2025-2027, and of the €450 million allocated to Member States hosting beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine since 2022. Member States will be able to use this additional financial support until the end of 2027 for the implementation of the Pact (AMIF and BMVI) and for hosting people fleeing Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine (AMIF).

Each Member State will be allocated a specific amount in line with a set of eligibility criteria. Member States will need to amend their existing national programmes by the end of 2025 to accommodate this additional funding. The Commission is already in close contact with the Member States to provide necessary support

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