EU countries to receive € 3.5 billion in additional pre-financing for hosting refugees from Ukraine

To facilitate the care of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country as a result of the Russian attack, the EU Council today adopted legislation allowing Member States to receive a total of € 3.5 billion this year. depending on the number of refugees from Ukraine they host.

In particular, the pre-financing to be paid in 2022 under REACT-EU will increase from 11% to 15% for all Member States, and from 11% to 45% for EU countries where the number of arrivals from Ukraine has reached more than 1% of their population at the end of the first month following the Russian invasion.

In addition, the act introduces the choice of unit costs per person to simplify the mobilization of funds, which allows to more effectively address the basic needs of the displaced from Ukraine and provide basic assistance to them.

These amendments are intended to relieve Member States’ public budgets so that they can better manage the influx of refugees.

This act introduces amendments to increase the pre-financing of the Cohesion and Regions of Europe Recovery Assistance (REACT-EU), one of the largest programs created for the post-pandemic recovery, to strengthen the funds Cohesion Policy and the European Aid Fund for the Needy (TEVA).

SOURCE: AMPE

Source: Capital

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