On 13 May 2015, the Commission submitted to the Council draft amending budget (DAB) No 5 to the general budget for 2015.
The objective of this proposal is to reinforce the Union's resources to manage migration and refugee flows, further to the recent developments in the Southern Mediterranean, in particular through additional appropriations for the FRONTEX Agency, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, and the Internal Security Fund.
An amount of EUR 75.8 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 69.6 million in payment appropriations is being proposed to finance the additional needs for migration measures. Payment appropriations will be fully financed through redeployments from sub-heading 1a (Galileo).
On 19 June 2015, the Council adopted its position on DAB No 5/2015 as set out in the annex to the Council draft amending budget (DAB) No 5 to the general budget for 2015 (see technical annex Council document 9768/15).