The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth invites applications to an Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund call for proposals

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The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth invites applications to an Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund call for proposals

  • A maximum of €1.5m will be made available to one or more organisations to provide rehabilitative services and other supports for survivors of torture residing in Ireland.
  • Minimum grant amount of €495,000, over 1-2 years, under Ireland’s national programme for the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).

 

28 February 2025

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth today launched a Call for Proposals from organisations capable of providing rehabilitative services and other supports for survivors of torture and victims of cruel and inhuman or degrading treatment. This follows funding provided to 18 organisations in 2023 following a broader Call for Proposals, which was supported by the 2021-2027 AMIF Programme. As a result of these initiatives, the path towards integration of migrants, many of whom have fled very challenging circumstances in other countries, has been made significantly easier.

The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) is an EU fund that aims to boost national capacities and improve procedures for migration management, as well as to enhance solidarity and responsibility sharing between Member States.

How to apply:

Applicants can access a detailed guidance document and complete an online application form here.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 pm on 28 March 2025.

 

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Note for Editors:

This call is part of the AMIF 2021-2027 National Programme and open to public, private and voluntary bodies.

·    Under both the previous (2014-2020) and current AMIF national programme, the Government has supported a wide range of NGO-led migrant integration and support programmes; aspects of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP); the HSE SafetyNet mobile health screening unit; and the Returns Programme operated by the Department of Justice for asylum seekers whose claims have not been successful, or who choose to voluntarily return to their home country.

·    The AMIF 2021-2027 Programme, at both EU and national levels, is comprised of four Specific Objectives:

(1) strengthening and developing all aspects of the Common European Asylum System, including its external dimension;

(2) strengthening and developing legal migration to the Member States in accordance with their economic and social needs, and promoting and contributing to the effective integration and social inclusion of third-country nationals;

(3) contributing to countering irregular migration, enhancing effective, safe and dignified return and readmission, and promoting and contributing to effective initial reintegration in third countries;

(4) enhancing solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility between the Member States,

Beneficiaries of temporary protection fleeing the conflict in Ukraine are eligible to participate on AMIF-funded projects.

Further information can be obtained from the AMIF Managing Authority, Funds Administration Unit of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, at amif@equality.gov.ie

 

Issued by the Press and Communications Office at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
Tel: 01 539 3801
Email: press.office@equality.gov.ie