“Follow th€ Money II” – Assessing the use of EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) funding at the national level 2014-2018

Produced in the framework of the strategic partnership of the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

‘Follow the Money: A report on the use of AMIF funding at the national level 2014-18’ presents a comparative critical analysis of the use of AMIF funding at the national level during 2014-18, drawing on the outcomes of the national and European interim evaluations of the Fund and the perspectives of civil society and other actors involved in national AMIF implementation. It builds on the findings of the first Follow the Money study, published in January 2018, which assessed the programming and design of national AMIF funds from a civil society perspective.

In light of the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation to Establish the Asylum and Migration Fund, published in the context of the new Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-27, this second ‘Follow the Money’ study presents:

• A comparative critical analysis of the use of AMIF funding at the national level during 2014-18, drawing on the outcomes of national and European interim evaluations of the Fund and the perspectives of civil society and other actors involved in national AMIF implementation.
• Detailed case studies assessing national AMIF implementation in four Member States (Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany and Spain).
• A critical overview of the use of AMIF emergency assistance to implement actions in Member States during 2014-18.

Based on this analysis, this study presents:

• Recommendations on the implementation of the proposed Asylum and Migration Fund for 2021-27 at the national level, addressed to Member States.
• Recommendations on programming, monitoring and evaluating national implementation of the proposed Asylum and Migration Fund for 2021-27, addressed to the European Commission.

Download ‘Follow the Money II’ here

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This study has been produced in the framework of the strategic partnership of the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), established in 2016 to develop and promote discussions on the future of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS).

This research was drafted by Rachel Westerby, independent researcher and writer on migration, asylum and integration, with the support of ECRE and UNHCR.

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