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Europe’s towns call for EU budget fund to be triggered The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) calls on EU Member States to urgently trigger the European “Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund”. The EU budget’s fund amounts to €3.14bn and could provide concrete and badly needed financial support to those towns and cities that have to care for tens of thousands of refugees without any financial support.
"The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund is there to be used," states CEMR president, Annemarie Jorritsma. "It was set up to manage migration flows at EU level. It is unthinkable not to mobilise the EU budget as Europe ...
"The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund is there to be used," states CEMR president, Annemarie Jorritsma. "It was set up to manage migration flows at EU level. It is unthinkable not to mobilise the EU budget as Europe ...
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