Migration : Extra 69.6 mn euro to manage flows

Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets (BUDG) approved, on 23 June, the fifth draft amending budget for 2015 (DAB 5/2015), which concerns an increase in the Union's resources for the management of migration and refugee flows in the wake of recent events in the Southern Mediterranean. DAB 5/2015 transfers €75.8 million in commitment appropriations and €69.6 million in payment appropriations notably to the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex), the European…