Source: European Parliament
The Commission acknowledges the challenges faced by EU external border regions, including by outermost regions, such as the Canary Islands, Mayotte and French Guiana .
The Commission supports these regions with several EU funds, such as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), and encourages the relevant Member States to ensure that this funding addresses the challenges in those regions without unnecessary administrative burden .
The co-legislators did not introduce subnational allocations within the regulation (EU) 2021/1147[1] (AMIF) nor in the regulation (EU) 2021/1060[2] (the Common Provision Regulation) laying down common provisions on EU funds, including AMIF. The Commission is not planning to propose a revision of the criteria for the allocation of funding at this stage of the programming period.
Member States are duly informed and, when relevant, involved in the migration dialogues with third countries, notably in the framework of relevant Council meetings.
It is the responsibility of Member States to involve external border or outermost regions in the preparatory works for such dialogues.