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

for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 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

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

The Committee on Budgets has carried out a budgetary assessment of the proposal under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure and has reached the following conclusions:

The Committee on Budgets,

A.whereas the proposal sets out an indicative financial envelope of around EUR 11.98 billion in current prices for Union support for asylum, migration and integration, compared to around EUR 10.94 billion in the 2021-2027 programming period, corresponding to an increase of around EUR 1 billion in current prices and a slight decrease, around EUR 0.4 billion in constant prices;

B.whereas, in line with Article 10(2)(a)(iii) of the proposed NRP Regulation, the financial envelope for the three Home Affairs Regulations of EUR 34.2 billion constitutes a ring-fenced minimum; whereas, pursuant to Article 11(3) of the same Regulation, Member States may reallocate part of the indicative amounts set out in each of the three Home Affairs Regulations to implement their objectives, provided that all objectives are addressed in a proportionate manner;

C.whereas, the proposed NRP Regulation provides for only two budget lines merging the Home Affairs Regulations, one for operational expenditure under the NRPPs and one under the EU Facility, compared with the 2021-2027 programming period where Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund had multiple budget lines;

D.whereas the proposed NRP Regulation establishes the EU Facility, which sets up an indicative amount of EUR 25.2 billion available for measures relating to the home affairs objectives;

1.insists that the programme envelope should be increased from EUR 11 975 428 500 in current prices to [number from the Interim report, in current and 2025 prices] in order to fulfil its objectives;

2.considers that sufficient human resources must be available from the outset and throughout the entire programming period of the next MFF to ensure an effective implementation of the Union support for asylum, migration and integration;

3.considers that a certain degree of flexibility in the allocation of funding between home affairs objectives is necessary to ensure a timely and effective response to evolving and unpredictable challenges in the areas of migration, border management and internal security; underlines that, as a consequence of this flexibility, the effective level of funding allocated to asylum, migration and integration cannot be determined ex ante and may vary in the course of implementation;

4.is concerned regarding the absence of clear criteria as to what the Commission would consider an adequate or sufficient level or resources to be allocated to asylum, migration and integration, border management and internal security in order to meet, in a proportionate manner, all objectives in the area of home affairs, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors in its Opinion 09/2026;

5.recommends the establishment of a minimum allocation for each objective of the Union support under this Regulation to ensure transparency, predictability and strategic alignment with, and appropriate balance between Union priorities; further emphasizes that a balanced allocation is a prerequisite for a meaningful performance-based budget, as well as for the collection of consistent data and the measurement of progress across policy objectives;

6.deplores the lack of a sufficiently detailed indicative budgetary nomenclature for asylum, migration and integration proposed in the Legislative Financial and Digital Statement (LFDS) accompanying the NRP Regulation; considers that this will hamper oversight and the budgetary authority’s ability to steer accurately policy priorities in the annual budgetary procedure; recommends giving consideration to fixing indicative sub-envelopes in the basic act;

7.calls for at least two dedicated budget lines for the Union support for asylum, migration and integration in the LFDS accompanying the NRP Regulation, one for operational expenditure under the NRPPs and one under the EU Facility; considers them essential so that the budgetary authority maintains proper oversight on the funding allocated to asylum, migration and integration at all stages of the budgetary cycle;

8.stresses that the Union support for asylum, migration and integration should be reinforced to ensure safe and dignified reception conditions, and effective and sustainable inclusion and integration; while continuing and expanding direct funding streams within the EU facility for local and regional authorities, building upon the model of the current Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund thematic facility;

9.notes that additional funding allocated to the Union support for asylum, migration and integration through the EU Facility will be established in the framework of the annual budgetary procedure; insists that the prerogatives of the budgetary authority should be fully respected;

10.stresses that the use of external assigned revenue under the present union support must be clearly circumscribed, fully transparent and subject to effective parliamentary scrutiny; notes in that regard of the provisions relating to financial contributions by any participating third country;

11.calls for the definition of consistent and harmonised requirements for Member States regarding the prevention, detection, reporting, and correction of fraud from the outset of the implementation period;

12.stresses that robust control and audit frameworks must be established to protect the Union’s financial interests.

As part of its budgetary assessment, the Committee on Budgets also submits the following amendments to the proposal:

Amendment 1

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19 a (new)

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Amendment 2

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19 b (new)

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Amendment 3

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1

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