Memo: The Commission proposes a programme for financial and technical assistance to third countries in the field of migration and asylum

The European Commission adopted on 11 June 2003 a proposal for a regulation “Establishing a programme for financial and technical assistance to third countries in the area of migration and asylum”.

The proposal contains a multiannual programme (for 2004 to 2008, with an overall expenditure of €250 million) that gives effect to the Commission's communication on “Integrating migration issues into the EU's external relations” issued in December 2002.