Mobilization of the Flexibility Instrument for the Refugee Crisis

Summary

The European Parliament approves the mobilization of €1.53 billion from the EU's Flexibility Instrument to address urgent needs arising from the refugee crisis.
10 24.02.2016
Other
refugee
european union
budgetary control
public finance and budget policy

Key points

  • Mobilization of a total of €1,530 million to address the refugee crisis.
  • The funds are divided between security and citizenship measures and global cooperation efforts.
  • The mobilization utilizes unused budgetary amounts from the 2014 and 2015 financial years.
  • Payments are scheduled to be distributed across the years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
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