Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Nikola Bartůšek

Added: 11a. Highlights the failure of the Union’s policies to prevent migratory flows and human trafficking; stresses that effective management and protection of the EU’s external borders is essential for the proper functioning of the Schengen area, and is crucial for the security of the EU and its citizens; emphasises the need to direct European funds towards strengthening repatriation measures and securing the Union’s external borders to ensure a more effective and coherent management of migration challenges; demands the allocation of adequate funds for the construction and reinforcement of physical barriers at the Union’s external borders; underlines the need to strengthen the fight against criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling and trafficking and to address the EU’s vulnerability regarding the instrumentalisation of migrants as part of hybrid attacks; calls for the EU to establish return centres outside the Union and to allocate the necessary funds for their implementation;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.787v01-00