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Press release10/08/2015
Managing migration: €2.4 billion to support Member States
The Commission has approved 23 multiannual national programmes under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF). €2.4 billion will flow to frontline Member States dealing with high migratory flows.
News14/08/2015
A European Response to Migration
Showing solidarity and sharing responsibility. Press Conference by Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.
Press release04/08/2015
EU and Vietnam reach agreement on free trade deal
Today the EU and Vietnam have reached an agreement in principle for a free trade agreement (FTA), after two and a half years of intense negotiations. This agreement will remove nearly all tariffs on goods traded between the two economies.
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