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OPINION (COM(2025)0540 – C100177/2025 – 2025/0540(COD))

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

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Committee on Development · Rapporteur: Ondřej Kolář

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The Committee on Development gives its opinion on the proposed regulation on Union support for asylum, migration and integration for 2028 to 2034, focusing on the external dimension. It proposes amendments to tie EU development and migration cooperation to conditions, so that partner countries help prevent irregular migration, fight smuggling and accept returns. The amendments add that development actions must keep poverty reduction as their primary objective and address root causes such as poverty, conflict, climate resilience and sustainable development. They also add safeguards on fundamental rights, non-refoulement and policy coherence for development, and rules for third-country participation, including suspension of funding.

Committee position. The Committee on Development proposes amendments to the lead committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, mainly to add migration conditionality, poverty-reduction safeguards, root-cause measures, fundamental rights guarantees and rules on third-country participation.

Key points

  1. Migration is described as a common European problem needing a shared, rules-based response, with focus on the external dimension of the support.
  2. The opinion states that some third countries, including Belarus, Turkey and Libya, have used migration flows as political pressure or as a hybrid threat.
  3. It asks that EU financial or technical assistance to third countries be tied to concrete conditions on managing and controlling migration flows.
  4. Amendment 1 adds fair and efficient procedures and compliance with non-refoulement to the regulation's purpose, and replaces 'illegal' with 'irregular' immigration.
  5. Amendment 2 states that actions under development cooperation instruments must primarily aim to reduce and eradicate poverty, in line with Article 208 TFEU.
  6. Amendment 3 requires national and regional partnership plans to consider each Member State's circumstances, including risks from instrumentalisation of migration.
  7. Amendments 5 and 6 add predictability, respect for fundamental rights, and involvement of civil society and fundamental rights organisations in planning and implementation.
  8. Amendments 7 to 9 require respect for policy coherence for development and long-term investment in inclusive growth, social protection, climate resilience, governance, education, health, renewable energy and gender equality.
  9. Amendments 10 and 11 allow third countries to participate in the support, subject to conditions, a fair balance of contributions and benefits, and respect for fundamental rights, international law and non-refoulement.
  10. Amendment 17 requires the Commission to suspend funding to a partner country that fails mutual obligations or uses migration as a hybrid tool.
  11. Amendment 19 requires a whole-of-route strategy covering countries of origin, transit and departure, in compliance with international law, complementing and not replacing development cooperation instruments.
  12. Amendment 23 requires particular attention to unaccompanied minors, trafficking victims, persons with disabilities and survivors of gender-based violence, prioritising child-protection systems and specialised services.

Who is affected

  • Partner and third countries: participation in EU support depends on conditions, mutual obligations and respect for fundamental rights.
  • Member States: their national and regional partnership plans must address all objectives and consider instrumentalisation risks.
  • Migrants and asylum seekers: amendments add fair procedures, non-refoulement and protection for vulnerable groups.
  • Development cooperation: actions must keep poverty reduction as their primary objective and not be replaced by migration actions.

Figures and deadlines

  • Period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 for the Union support.
  • Article 77 TFEU cited on non-refoulement and asylum procedures.
  • Article 79 TFEU cited on immigration policy.
  • Article 208 TFEU cited on poverty reduction as the primary objective of development cooperation.
  • Article 218 TFEU cited on the prerogatives of Parliament, the Council and the Commission for third-country participation.
  • Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of 14 May 2024 cited on the annual migration management cycle.
  • Regulation (EU) 2021/947 cited on development cooperation instruments.
  • Directive 2008/115/EC, Article 3, point (3), cited for the definition of 'return'.

Legal basis: Article 77 TFEU, Article 79 TFEU, Article 208 TFEU and Article 218 TFEU.