Source: European Parliament
In accordance with Article 16(1) of its Founding Regulation[1], the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shall fulfil its tasks in complete independence.
The implementation of the Agency’s budget falls under the responsibility of its Director, in line with Articles 15(4)(e) and 21 of its Founding Regulation. The Commission is not aware of the specific costs of the training the Honourable Members refer to.
In 2022, the Commission published a Eurobarometer survey, which showed that, on average across the EU, 68% of respondents tended to overestimate the real share of immigrants in the population[2].
The Commission is committed to improving people’s understanding of migration and integration based on facts and data. The current EU Action plan on integration and inclusion[3] aims, among other things, at helping more Europeans to be well informed on integration and migration.
It also underlines that working with media representatives, education institutions as well as civil society organisations is key to better inform Europeans about the realities of migration and integration.
- [1] Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, OJ L 53, 22.2.2007, p. 1.
- [2] https://migrant-integration.ec.europa.eu/library-document/special-eurobarometer-integration-immigrants-european-union_en
- [3] https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/legal-migration-resettlement-and-integration/integration/action-plan-integration-and-inclusion_en