According to the report, published on December 3, it is not possible to determine the tangible effects of EU-funded measures aimed at integrating migrants.

While the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) has financed useful measures, the audit identifies shortcomings due to the administrative complexity of the programs and their limited alignment with actual needs.

Furthermore, the information provided by member states on achieved outcomes has been deemed unreliable.

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Lack of uniform monitoring of integration measures

"The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund should play a key role in supporting the integration of migrants in the EU," said Viorel Ștefan, the Court member responsible for the audit.

"However, without legal obligations, member states do not monitor integration actions uniformly. This makes it difficult to evaluate the Fund's contribution to migrant integration."

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the number of non-EU citizens residing legally in the EU has reached 27.3 million, or 6.1 percent of the total population as of 2023.

Three-quarters (approximately 73 percent) of these individuals live in just four member states: Germany (28 percent), Spain (16 percent), France (15 percent), and Italy (14 percent).

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Approximately 1.9 billion euros allocated for 2021-2027

The total budget for the AMIF was about 1 billion euros for 2014-2020, nearly doubling to 1.9 billion euros for the 2021-2027 period. Additional AMIF resources are managed directly by the European Commission for integration measures.

Other EU funds, such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and programs like Erasmus+, also contribute to the integration of migrants and people from migration backgrounds.

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