On the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union support for asylum, migration and integration for the period from 2028 to 2034

Key points

1. The proposal sets an indicative envelope of around EUR 11.98 billion in current prices, against around EUR 10.94 billion in 2021-2027, an increase of around EUR 1 billion in current prices and a slight decrease of around EUR 0.4 billion in constant prices.¶
2. Under the proposed NRP Regulation, the EUR 34.2 billion for the three Home Affairs Regulations is a ring-fenced minimum, and member states may reallocate part of the indicative amounts if all objectives are addressed proportionately.¶
3. The proposed NRP Regulation provides only two budget lines merging the Home Affairs Regulations, one for operational expenditure under the NRPPs and one under the EU Facility, and sets an indicative EUR 25.2 billion for home affairs measures.¶¶
4. The committee insists the programme envelope be increased from EUR 11 975 428 500 in current prices to a figure to be taken from the Interim report, in current and 2025 prices.¶
5. It says sufficient human resources must be available from the outset and throughout the next multiannual financial framework for effective implementation.¶
6. It considers some flexibility in allocating funding between home affairs objectives necessary for timely responses, but notes the effective level for asylum, migration and integration cannot be determined in advance and may vary.¶
7. It is concerned at the absence of clear criteria for what the Commission considers an adequate level of resources for each home affairs objective, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors in Opinion 09/2026.¶
8. It recommends a minimum allocation for each objective to ensure transparency, predictability and balance, calling this a prerequisite for a meaningful performance-based budget and consistent data.¶
9. It deplores the lack of a sufficiently detailed indicative budgetary nomenclature in the Legislative Financial and Digital Statement and recommends considering indicative sub-envelopes in the basic act.¶
10. It calls for at least two dedicated budget lines for asylum, migration and integration in that statement, one for operational expenditure under the NRPPs and one under the EU Facility, to preserve budgetary authority oversight.¶
11. It stresses the support should be reinforced for safe and dignified reception and sustainable inclusion and integration, while continuing and expanding direct funding for local and regional authorities within the EU Facility.¶
12. It says additional funding through the EU Facility will be set in the annual budgetary procedure, insists the budgetary authority's prerogatives be respected, and calls for circumscribed, transparent external assigned revenue and harmonised anti-fraud requirements and robust control and audit frameworks.¶¶¶