MANAGING THE REFUGEE CRISIS
EU Financial Support to Greece
05 October 2016
Asylum, Migration and integration Fund/ Internal Security Fund/ Emergency Assistance
Addressing the refugee crisis and managing our external borders are top priorities for the European Union. The Asylum, Migration and
Integration Fund (AMIF) supports Greek national efforts to improve reception capacities, ensure that asylum pro cedures are in line with
Union standards, integrate migrants at local and regional levels and increase the effectiveness of return programmes. The Internal Security
Fund (ISF) supports national efforts to achieve a uniform and high level of control of the external borders and to fight cross-border
organised crime. To support the Greek authorities as well as international organisations and NGOs operating in Greece in managing the
refugee and humanitarian crisis, the Commission has awarded over €352 million in emergency assistance since the beginning of 2015.
The emergency funding comes on top of the €509 million already allocated to Greece under the national programmes for 2014-2020
(€294.5 million from AMIF and €214.7 million from ISF).
Emergency support instrument
In urgent and exceptional circumstances, the European Commission can fund emergency humanitarian support for people in need within
the European Union. The Emergency Support Instrument aims to provide a faster, more targeted way to respond to major crises. This
includes helping Member States cope with large numbers of refugees, with humanitarian funding channelled to UN agencies, non-
governmental organisations and international organisations in close coordination and consultation with Member States. Up to €700 million
is planned over 2016-18; €198 million in funding for projects have been announced so far in 2016.
*information as of September 2016
All numbers in this factsheet have been rounded.
AMIF
ISF
ASYLUM, MIGRATION
INTERNAL SECURITY FUND
AND INTEGRATION FUND (AMIF)
(ISF)
The fund promotes the efficient management of migration flows
The Fund promotes the implementation of the Internal Security
and the implementation, strengthening and development of a
Strategy, law enforcement cooperation and the management of
common Union approach to asylum and immigration.
the Union’s external borders. The ISF is composed of two instru-
ments, ISF Borders and Visa and ISF Police.
National Programmes
Emergency Funding for Greece
2014 - 2020
€ 352.8M
(Long-term Funding)
(awarded)
€ 509.5M (allocated)
€
€
Disbursed
€ 296M
€
Long-term Funding to Greece (allocations)
2014 - 2020
AMIF
ISF
ASYLUM, MIGRATION
INTERNAL SECURITY FUND
AND INTEGRATION FUND
(ISF)
(AMIF)
ISF - Borders
ISF - Police
€ 294.6M
€194.3M
€20.5M
Funding for emergency relocation mechanism
Almost J In the box ‘Funding
for emergency relocation
€500
Greece will receive
for the
mechanism’ there are two
€
transport costs of every relocated
more numbers, that should
read ‘€35.1 million’ and
asylum seeker.
‘€13.5 million’
€35.1 million was allocated for the implementation of the
Relocation & Resettlement mechanisms.
€13.5 million was paid as pre-financing in February 2016
*these amounts are already included in the Greece AMIF National Programme
Emergency Funding (awarded)
€ 125.8M
€ 52.3M
AMIF Emergency Assistance
ISF Emergency Assistance
directly awarded to Greek authorities
directly awarded to Greek authorities
€ 174.7M
Emergency Assistance awarded
to International Organisations/Union Agencies
(IOM, UNHCR, EASO)
Source: AMIF and ISF
AMIF
ISF
Emergency Funding
Overview emergency assistance from AMIF & ISF Borders and Visa Funds - Greece
Fund
Award
EU
Decision taken
contribution
Main activities
Responsible
Entity
Ministry of
ISF
Construction works of the sewer system and water supply network in
Interior and
27/07/2016
€0.53M
Samos
Administrative
Reform
Ministry of
ISF
Emergency assistance for the effective management of immigration
Interior and
27/07/2016
€7.2M
flows in the Greek territory
Administrative
Reform
Immediate enhancement of the response to the refugee crisis
ISF
by providing shelter and accommodation, catering, health care,
Ministry of
19/07/2016
€6.18M
transportation at hotspots, ensuring this way healthy and safe living
Defence
conditions for the target group (continuation of the project awarded
in March)
Immediate enhancement of the response to the refugee crisis
AMIF
by providing shelter and accommodation, catering, health care,
Ministry of
19/07/2016
€52.2M
transportation at open accommodation centres, ensuring this way
Defence
healthy and safe living conditions for the target group (continuation of
the project awarded in March)
AMIF
Ministry of
19/07/2016
€24.18M
Comprehensive emergency heath response to refugee crisis
Health
Ministry of
AMIF
Ensuring a fair and efficient Asylum Process, including in the context of
Interior and
17/05/2016
€3M
the implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement
Administrative
Reform
Ministry of
ISF
Upgrading the existing IT-system of the Hellenic Police for the
Interior and
17/05/2016
€3.06M
registration process of third-country nationals
Administrative
Reform
Ministry of
ISF
Provisional services to third-country nationals and operational support
Interior and
17/05/2016
€7M
to the Hellenic Police services at the external borders
Administrative
Reform
Immediate enhancement of the response to the refugee crisis
ISF
by providing shelter and accommodation, catering, health care,
Ministry of
18/03/2016
€6.6M
transportation at hotspots, ensuring this way healthy and safe living
Defence
conditions for the target group
Immediate enhancement of the response to the refugee crisis
AMIF
by providing shelter and accommodation, catering, health care,
Ministry of
18/03/2016
€23.9M
transportation at hotspots, ensuring this way healthy and safe living
Defence
conditions for the target group
Fund
Award Decision
EU
taken
contribution
Main activities
Responsible
Entity
ISF
First Reception
03/03/2016
€3.5M
Enhancement of human resources in First Reception Centres
Service
Ministry of
AMIF
Provision of prefabricated shelter houses for the hosting of third
Infrastructure,
08/02/2016
€12.76M
country nationals
Transport and
Networks
Immediate enhancement of the response to the public health challenge
ISF
Ministry of
08/12/2015
€3.3M
presented by the refugee crisis on the front line of first reception in the
Eastern Aegean Sea
Public Health
ISF
05/11/2015
€0.68M
Reinforcement of the Orestiada Police Directorate with police personnel Hellenic Police
5 actions:
a. Forced return: identification of up to 1,761 third country nationals
already in detention (Hellenic Police)
b. Forced return: issuing of travel documents for up to 1,080 third
AMIF
country nationals (Hellenic Police)
05/11/2015
€2.54M
c.
Hellenic Police
Forced return: ticket costs for up to 1,080 third country nationals
(Hellenic Police)
d. Forced return: escort costs for 10% of all cases third country
nationals (Hellenic Police)
e. Assisted voluntary return of 1,000 third country nationals (IOM)
Transportation (and partly also accommodation and alimentation on
AMIF
General
the ships) for a total of at least 60,000 registered and fully screened
16/10/2015
€5.99M
Secretary for
third country nationals from Eastern Aegean ports to mainland Greece Co-Ordination
or from the island Farmakonissi to the island of Leros
Emergency administrative assistance in support of the recruitment of
ISF
First Reception
01/10/2015
€0.39M
additional personnel for the effective management of migration flows
in the eastern External Borders
Service
Emergency assistance covering the deployment of additional staff
ISF
members and Special Forces to the severely affected Eastern Aegean Hellenic Coast
01/10/2015
€1.1M
HCG Authorities in order to improve the management of the intense
Guard
migratory flows
ISF
Emergency support enhancing the operational capacity of the Greek First Reception
01/10/2015
€4.03M
authorities and Civil Society Organisations to manage the extreme rise
in refugee and migrant flows into Greek national and European territory
Service
Immediate enhancement of the response to the refugee crisis
ISF
by providing shelter and accommodation, catering, health care,
01/10/2015
€2.36M
Hellenic Police
transportation at hotspots, ensuring this way healthy and safe living
conditions for the target group
Immediate enhancement of the response to the refugee crisis
ISF
by providing shelter and accommodation, catering, health care, Hellenic Coast
01/10/2015
€2.89M
transportation at hotspots, ensuring this way healthy and safe living
Guard
conditions for the target group
ISF
First Reception
17/06/2015
€0.69M
Enhancement of human resources in First Reception Centres
Service
ISF
Provision of prefabricated shelter houses for the hosting of third
Hellenic Coast
17/06/2015
€0.48M
country nationals
Guard
ISF
Immediate enhancement of the response to the public health challenge Hellenic Coast
17/06/2015
€2.20M
presented by the refugee crisis on the front line of first reception in the
Eastern Aegean Sea
Guard
AMIF
Support the operation of the Greek Asylum Service, especially the
20/01/2015
€1.18M
Asylum Service
provision of mobile asylum units on 4 border islands.
Awarded Funds for International Organisations/ Union Agencies (IOM, UNHCR, EASO)
Fund
Award Decision
EU
taken
contribution
Main activities
Responsible
Entity
Strengthen the Common European Asylum System, safe pathways to
AMIF
the European Union for persons in need of international protection and
24/05/2016
€25M
acceleration of the implementation of relocation to alleviate the heavy
EASO
burden that presently weights on Greece, in the context of the fast-
track returns to Turkey.
AMIF
Emergency support to assist most vulnerable migrants stranded in
17/05/2016
€13M
IOM
Greece
AMIF
Supporting UNHCR Greece Emergency Response Plan and strengthening
17/05/2016
€30M
UNHCR
the capacity of the asylum service
AMIF
Assisted voluntary return of third country nationals to their country of
26/02/2016
€1.5M
IOM
origin
ISF
EASO emergency support for the Greek hotspots to strengthen their
08/02/2016
€1.12M
EASO
fingerprinting capacity
AMIF
Relocation programme from Greece to other EU Member States for
08/12/2015
€20M
IOM
beneficiaries in clear need of international protection
ISF
Strengthening of the first reception response to new arrivals in mixed
17/08/2015
€2.7M
UNHCR
migratory movements on the Aegean islands
Strengthening of the first reception response to new arrivals on the
ISF
08/07/2015
€1.43M
Aegean Islands and in the region of Evros in Greece. ‘New Arrivals
UNHCR
Intervention’ – phase II
Greece - Indirect management
Delegation
Fund
Agreement
EU
signed
contribution
Main activities
Responsible
Entity
AMIF
€80M
Support to Greece for the development of the hotspot/relocation
(AMIF: €75M
UNHCR
ISF
26/01/2016
scheme as well as for developing asylum reception capacity
ISF: €5M)
Emergency support instrument - Total amount of emergency support projects so far: €198 million
Fund
Award Decision
EU
taken
contribution
Main activities
Responsible
Entity
First projects announcement 19/04/2016 : €83 million
50,000 refugees will benefit with water, sanitation, hygiene and
ESI
protection assistance, with an emphasis on unaccompanied minors.
19/04/2016
€25M
UNHCR
In addition, humanitarian coordination support to the humanitarian
community in Greece.
ESI
44,000 refugees will benefit in terms of basic health care, food parcels,
International
19/04/2016
€15M
water, sanitation and hygiene, psycho-social support and assistance to Federation of
re-establish family links.
the Red Cross
ESI
7,500 refugees will benefit from site management support, shelter, Danish Refugee
19/04/2016
€8M
protection, water, sanitation and hygiene assistance.
Council
ESI
16,000 refugees will benefit from protection, psychosocial support,
Internatio-
19/04/2016
€10M
safe spaces for women, safe learning and healing spaces for children,
nal Rescue
water, sanitation/hygiene and food assistance.
Committee
ESI
Provision of child friendly spaces, non-formal education classes, psycho-
Save the
19/04/2016
€7M
social support and nutrition with special focus on unaccompanied
Children
minors
ESI
Assistance for water, sanitation and hygiene, food, protection &
19/04/2016
€6M
OXFAM
improvement of shelter (winterisation) and other essential items.
ESI
1,500 refugees will receive shelter, health and psycho social support, Arbeiter-Sama-
19/04/2016
€5M
non- food items, child friendly spaces, legal support and interpretation.
riter-Bund
ESI
Primary health care, referrals for specialised medical care, psychosocial
Médecins Du
19/04/2016
€7M
support for migrants and refugees.
Monde
Second projects announcement 10/09/2016 : €115 million
The four priorities are:
• Reparation and improvement of existing shelters and construction of new ones in the
camp facilities ahead of the upcoming winter. At the same time improve sanitation
conditions, construct communal kitchens and provide other infrastructure such as heating
ESI
• Deliver direct assistance to refugees through cash/voucher schemes. • This will help
10/09/2016
€115M
refugees to cover the basic needs of their families, such as food, in a dignified manner
and at the same time boost the local economy
• Enable refugee children to access education
• Help unaccompanied minors who are especially vulnerable and need special care and
protection