Parliamentary Secretary for the EU Presidency 2017 and EU Funds Ian Borg has said that by the end of November 2016, 80% of the Internal Security Funds and 45% of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Funds were committed to projects.

The Funds and Programmes Division within the Ministry for European Affairs and the Implementation of the Electoral Manifesto is in charge of the management of the Internal Security Fund and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.

The Internal Security Fund supports actions aimed at addressing threats which jeopardise the security of the country through international crime networks and terrorism, while also raising the levels of security for citizens and businesses in cyberspace and through controls at the border.

The Parliamentary Secretary said that on the other hand the aim of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund is to provide assistance to Malta in its management of migration flows, through the provision of asylum and reception facilities to migrants, the organisation of activities and actions aimed at assisting migrants in their integration into the Maltese community, while also strengthening cooperation with third countries with respect to return management.

He explained that an allocation of over 93 million euros in EU Funds was granted to the said Division to distribute among entities in charge of the internal security of Malta as well as those involved in the asylum, integration and return of migrants residing in Malta.

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