The European Refugee Fund (ERF) was a scheme designed to facilitate the sharing of the financial costs of the reception, integration and voluntary repatriation of refugees amongst European Union member states.[1] All EU member states apart from Denmark participated in the ERF.[2] The Fund financed both national and transnational projects, including providing skills and language training to refugees, improvements to reception facilities and refugee resettlement or relocation operations. The ERF was allocated €630 million in funding over the period 2008–13.[2] It was set up in 2000, replacing previous ad hoc funding measures.[3] In April 2014, the ERF, along with the European Integration Fund and the European Return Fund, was replaced by the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) established for the period 2014–20.[4]
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edit- ^ "European Refugee Fund". UNHCR. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Refugee Fund". European Commission. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ Peers, Steve (2011). EU Justice and Home Affairs Law (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0199604906.
- ^ "ECRE publishes note on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund". European Council on Refugees and Exiles. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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