MANAGING MIGRATION. EU Financial Support to Italy. Disbursed. August m ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FUND (AMIF)

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1 MANAGING MIGRATION Financial Support to Italy August 2018 Asylum, Migration and integration Fund ()/ Internal Security Fund ()/ Emergency Assistance The management of migration and protection of our external borders are top priorities for the European Union. For several years, Italy was at the forefront of managing migration along the Central Mediterranean route. The Commission continues to support Italian efforts to improve the situation by mobilising long-term and emergency funding. Since the beginning of 2015, the Commission has allocated million in emergency assistance to the Italian authorities as well as international organisations and NGOs operating in Italy. This emergency funding comes on top of the million already allocated to Italy under the national programmes for ( million from and million from ). The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund supports Italian national efforts to improve reception capacities, ensure that asylum procedures are in line with Union standards, integrate migrants at local and regional levels and increase the effectiveness of return programmes. The Internal Security Fund supports national efforts to achieve a high and uniform level of control of the external borders and to fight cross-border organised crime. Emergency assistance has been allocated to support the Italian authorities with, amongst others, border surveillance and Search and Rescue operations, improving the reception capacities, in particular for unaccompanied minors, legal and psycho-social counselling for migrants and refugees. *information as of August 2018 All numbers in this factsheet have been rounded up or down. ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FUND () INTERNAL SECURITY FUND () The fund promotes the efficient management of migration flows and the implementation, strengthening and development of a common Union approach to asylum and immigration. The Fund promotes the implementation of the Internal Security Strategy, law enforcement cooperation and the management of the Union s external borders. The is composed of two instruments, Borders and Visa and Police. National Programmes m (allocated) Disbursed: 189m Emergency Assistance 219m (allocated) Disbursed: 147m Disbursed 336m

2 LONG-TERM FUNDING TO ITALY (ALLOCATIONS) ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FUND () INTERNAL SECURITY FUND () 387.7m - Borders 201.5m - Police 64.5m Funding for the relocation mechanism Italy will receive 500 for the transport costs of every relocated asylum seeker million has been allocated for the implementation of the Relocation & Resettlement mechanisms. 8 million has been paid as pre-financing up to December 2017 *these amounts are already included in the Italy National Programme EMERGENCY FUNDING 114.9m Emergency Assistance directly allocated to Italian authorities 104.1m Emergency Assistance directly allocated to Italian authorities 0.95m Emergency Assistance allocated to International Organisations/Union Agencies (IOM, UNHCR, EASO) Source: and

3 EMERGENCY FUNDING Overview emergency assistance from & Borders and Visa Funds - Italy Fund Award Decision taken 17/08/2018 9m ICARE Integration and Community Care for Asylum and Refugees in an Emergency Regional Authority of Emilie-Romagna 09/07/ m SAAS - Support Action for Asylum Sections of Immigration offices and Border Police offices 12/07/ m AVRIT - Assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) from Italy 17/05/ m 24/11/ m SAVE - Support Actions for Vulnerability emergency. Interventions in hotspots for identifying vulnerable migrants and for age assessment of minors in dubious cases through a multidisciplinary approach Acquisition of units and vehicles of rescue and medical principals - health - HEALTH 2 24/11/ m Intervention to improve the monitoring of migration flows and fight crimes related to the trafficking of human beings during the surveillance of external borders - FALCO 24/11/ m Overtime retribution to the staff of Police involved in activities related to the management of migration flow - POLSTAFF 2 24/11/ m Deployment of a naval unit and embarked helicopters - PATROL 2 24/11/ m Enhancement of the air-naval system for the control of the borders and surveillance of migration flow - AIRNAV Financial Police 24/11/ m Purchase of portable metal detectors - MED Financial Police 24/11/ m Purchase of explosive substance detectors - DETEX Financial Police 24/11/ m Interpretation service and tools to extract devise s information for immigration risks on terrorism - ISTIRT 24/11/ m Acquisition of equipment and devices for border surveillance and Search and rescue - SARMED 24/11/ m Implementation of a specific operational framework for border surveillance and to safeguard human life at sea - S.A.S 24/11/ m Linguistic and intercultural mediation for emergency action - III STEP

4 Fund Award Decision taken 12/06/ m Assessment of the Libyan legal framework and capability in terms of Search and Rescue Services. 02/06/ m BORNER - Boost reception services for migrants in North-East temporary centres. 02/05/ m Reception services for migrants eligible for relocation - (REC4REL). 09/03/ m Implementation of a specific operational framework for border surveillance and to safeguard human life at sea. 22/12/ m Acquisition of equipment, devices and services for border surveillance and Search and Rescue. 22/12/ m Overtime retribution to the staff of the Police involved in activities related to the management of migrations flows. 22/12/ m Improvement of the capacity of border surveillance and rescue of lives at sea. 22/12/ m Reactivation of maintenance/repairs for 1 EH 101 helicopter. 22/12/ m Linguistic and intercultural mediation for emergency action. Defence 22/12/ m PUERI - Pilot Action for UAMs: Early Recovery Interventions. 22/12/ m Instrumental needs assessment to cope with migratory fluctuations and investigations on illegal trafficking connected with them. 22/12/ m Support for standard operating procedures. 22/12/ m Implementation of refitting activity on OPV CP 904 Fiorillo. 22/12/ m Acquisition of units and vehicles of rescue and medical principals. 27/07/2016 1m 27/07/ m Acquisition of a high-level insulation mobile unit, stretcher transport isolators with high bio-containment and a kit to deal with infectious agents (PPE) related to healthcare activities in the context of patrolling and surveillance of borders. Implementation of a specific operational framework to safeguard human life at sea.

5 Fund Award Decision taken 08/02/ m Purchase of equipment for the fingerprinting needed to properly address the migration crisis. 08/02/ m Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation for Emergency Action. 10/07/ m Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation for Emergency Action. 10/07/ m Search and Rescue Operations IV. 20/03/ m Search and Rescue Operations III. 16/02/ m Improve the capacity for dealing with exponentially growing accommodation needs for unaccompanied foreign minors arriving on IT territory, with particular reference to areas most affected by heavy migratory flows. the - Department for Civil Freedoms and Immigration 23/12/ m Continuation for another 9 months of Praesidium IX (legal and social counselling by a consortium led by UNHCR and IOM in IT centres of first arrival and reception). the - Department for Civil Freedoms and Immigration Allocated Funds for International Organisations/ Union Agencies (IOM, UNHCR, EASO) Fund Award Decision taken Main activities 11/01/ m Complementary measures in light of the relocation programme from Italy to Member States of relocation. IOM