Data inquiries to Member States regarding MTR allocations 2021-2027 - Estonia -

Ministry of Interior, Director-General Mr Tarmo MIILITS,

[email protected]

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111

Office: LX46 05/188 – Tel. direct line +32 229-51247

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MIGRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS

Directorate E – HOME Affairs Funds

The Director

Brussels HOME.E.1/AV

Dear Mr Miilits,

In 2024, the Commission shall allocate to the programmes of the Member States the

additional amount referred to in the basic acts of the Asylum, Migration and Integration

Fund ((EU) 2021/1147), the Border Management and Visa Instrument ((EU) 2021/1148)

and the Internal Security Fund ((EU) 2021/1149) in point (b) of Article 13(1) (AMIF)

and in point (b) of Article 10(1) (BMVI and ISF), in accordance with the criteria referred

to in Annex I of each basic act.

A Member State is eligible to receive the additional allocation if it has covered at least

10% of the initial allocation to a programme by payment applications submitted in

accordance with Article 91 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. Funding shall be effective as

of 1 January 2025.

The mid-term allocation criteria of the AMIF and BMVI comprise data for the years 2021,

2022 and 2023, while the allocation criteria of the ISF comprise data only for 2023. The

Commission has noted, in the examination of data sources, a number of data gaps which,

if unresolved, could have a direct impact on the level of national allocation of the

concerned Member State or, where applicable, Schengen Associated Country. In

particular, under the BMVI the basic act provides that in such cases, where no data is

available, the reference figure of zero may be given.

Therefore, we kindly ask you to provide the missing data, defined in detail in the

annex to this letter, by 15 August 2024. The Commission invites national bodies

concerned to submit this data requested in accordance with established practices between

the services of the European Union (e.g. Eurostat) and national authorities, with a copy to

[email protected].

Should you have any questions, including on the nature of the data required, please

contact us through the functional mailbox above.

Yours faithfully,

Silvia MICHELINI

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Contact: [email protected]

Enclosure: Annex A - Missing data

Annex B - Data sources

c.c.: Mr Rando KASPER ([email protected])

EE FMB ([email protected])

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Annex A – Missing Data - Estonia

AMIF

Criterion for missing

data

2021 2022 2023 Comment

All valid permits by

reason, length of validity

and citizenship (Eurostat,

migr_resvalid database)

Data is available

Data

missing

Deadline to submit data to

ESTAT 30/06/2024

First permits by reason,

length of validity and

citizenship (Eurostat,

(migr_resfirst database-

total)

Data

missing

Deadline to submit data to

ESTAT 30/06/2024

First permits issued for

remunerated activities

researchers, length of

validity and citizenship

(Eurostat, migr_resocc

database)

Data

missing

Deadline to submit data to

ESTAT 30/06/2024

BMVI

Criterion for missing

data

2021 2022 2023 Comment

Data available

ISF

Criterion for missing

data

2023 Comment

Data is

available

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Annex B - Data sources

Internal Security Fund

(a) 45% in inverse proportion to their gross domestic product (purchasing power

standard per inhabitant)

Data source: Eurostat ‘Main GDP aggregates in purchasing power standard per

capita’ [nama_10_pc].

(b) 40% in proportion to the size of their population

Data source: Eurostat ‘Population on 1 January by age and sex’ [demo_pjan].

(c) 15% in proportion to the size of their territory

Data source: Eurostat ‘Area by NUTS 3 region’ [reg_area3].

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

1. Specific Objective 1 ‘To strengthen and develop all aspects of the Common

European Asylum System, including its external dimension’

The following criteria in the area of asylum will be taken into account and shall be

weighted as follows:

(a) 30 % in proportion to the number of persons who fall into one of the following

categories:

− Any third-country national or stateless person having been granted the status

defined by the Geneva Convention;

− Any third-country national or stateless person enjoying a form of subsidiary

protection with the meaning of recast Directive 2011/95/EU;

− Any third-country national or stateless person granted temporary protection within

the meaning of Directive 2001/55/EC, as activated by the Council Implementing

Decision (EU) 2022/382.

Data source: Eurostat ‘First instance decisions on applications by citizenship, age and

sex Annual aggregated data (rounded)’ (migr_asydcfsta database), ‘Final decisions on

applications by citizenship, age and sex Annual data (rounded)’ (migr_asydcfina

database)1 and ‘Decisions granting temporary protection by citizenship, age and sex -

annual aggregated data’ (migr_asytpfa$defaultview).

(b) 60 % in proportion to the number of third-country nationals or stateless persons who

have applied for international protection.

1 DECISION Geneva Convention status + DECISION Subsidiary protection status + DECISION Temporary

protection status.

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Data source: Eurostat ‘Asylum and first time asylum applicants by citizenship, age and

sex Annual aggregated data (rounded)’ (migr_asyappctza database - ASYL_APP First

time applicant).

(c) 10 % in proportion to the number of third-country nationals or stateless persons who

are being or have been resettled in a Member State.

Data source: Eurostat ‘Resettled persons by age, sex and citizenship Annual data

(rounded)’ (migr_asyresa database).

2. Specific Objective ‘to support legal migration to the Member States including to

contribute to the integration of third-country nationals’

The following criteria in the area of legal migration and integration will be taken into

account and shall be weighted as follows:

(a) 50% in proportion to the total number of legally residing third-country nationals in a

Member State.

Data source: Eurostat ‘All valid permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship on

31 December of each year’ (migr_resvalid database).

(b) 50% in proportion to the number of third-country nationals who have obtained a first

residence permit.

(c) However, for the purpose of the calculation referred to in paragraph 3(b), the following

categories of persons shall not be included:

− Third country nationals being issued a work-related first residence permits valid

for less than 12 months;

− Third-country nationals admitted for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange,

unremunerated training or voluntary service in accordance with Council Directive

2004/114/EC or when applicable the Directive (EU) 2016/801;

− Third-country nationals admitted for purposes of scientific research in accordance

with Council Directive 2005/71/EC or when applicable the Directive (EU)

2016/801.]

Data source: Eurostat ‘First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship’

(migr_resfirst database – ‘total’), minus the following exclusion categories:

− ‘First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship’ (migr_resfirst database

– REASON: ‘education reasons’);

− ‘First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship’ (migr_resfirst database

– REASON: ‘Remunerated activities reasons from 3 to 5 months’).

− ‘First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship’ (migr_resfirst database

– REASON: ‘Remunerated activities reasons from 6 to 11 months’).

− ‘First permits issued for remunerated activities by reason, length of validity and

citizenship’ (migr_resocc database – REASON: ‘Remunerated activities reasons:

Researchers’).

3. Specific Objective 3 ‘to contribute to countering irregular migration and ensuring

effectiveness of return and readmission in third countries’

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The following criteria in the area of countering irregular migration including returns will

be taken into account and shall be weighted as follows:

(a) 70% in proportion to the number of third-country nationals who do not or no longer

fulfil the conditions for entry and stay in the territory of the Member State and who are

subject to a return decision under national and / or Community law, i.e. an administrative

or judicial decision or act, stating or declaring the illegality of stay and imposing an

obligation to return;

Data source: Eurostat ‘Third country nationals ordered to leave – annual data (rounded)’

(migr_eiord database).

(b) 30% in proportion to the number of third-country nationals who have actually left the

territory of the Member State following an administrative or judicial order to leave,

whether undertaken voluntarily or under coercion.

Data source: Eurostat ‘Third country nationals returned following an order to leave –

annual data (rounded)’ (migr_eirtn database).

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Border Management and Visa Instrument

Data used E

x te

rn a

l la

n d

b o

rd er

3 0

%

Land border 70%

• Length: as reported by Member States to the Commission in

line with Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013.

Land border ROU-BGR, GRC-BGR, HUN-ROU, HUN-

HRV, SVN-HRV defined by EuroGeographics

EuroBoundaryMap provides a European geographic

database for administrative and statistical regions that will

be maintained at the source level by the National Mapping

and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs), and by providing

harmonized access conditions for this geographic

information within the framework of EuroGeographics.

EBM (1:100000) offers the combined strength of detailed

European administrative units and linkages to the

corresponding LAU and NUTS codes.

• Calculation method: The length of border sections was

defined by their geodesic length based on ellipsoid ETRS89

• Impact level: as reported by the EBCGA to the Commission

Land workload 30%

Land

crossings

70%

Reference figures by the EBCGA based on data provided by

Member States in accordance with Union law.

Data reported by MSs via the “Passenger Flow” indicator under

the Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN) data collection, on

monthly basis.

FRAN definition of indicator “Passenger flow at land” (for data

reported for BMVI): The number of third-country and EU

nationals crossing the external borders of an EU Member State or

Schengen Associated Country on entry from a third country or

from a non-Schengen EU Member State. One person can be

counted several times within the same reference period.

Land refusals

30%

EUROSTAT database: migr_eirfs Third country nationals formally refused permission to enter the

territory of a Member State (see Art. 2.1 (q) and 5.1(a) of the

Council Regulation (EC) no 862/2007). The external border is

defined as in the Schengen Borders Code (Council Regulation

(EC) No 562/2006, more details on Article 2.2). For countries

which are not in the Schengen area, the external border is the same

as the international border. The grounds for refusal refer to the

Annex V part B of the Schengen Border Code, which is an

administrative document in use in most of the Member States.

Each person is counted only once within the reference period,

irrespective of the number of refusals issued to the same person.

Data used

E x

te rn

a l

m a

ri ti

m e

b o

rd er

s 3 5 %

Sea borders 70%

• Length: as reported by Member States to the Commission in

line with Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013.

Island Sea border Length calculation based on Flanders

Marine Institute (2018). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase:

Territorial Seas (12NM), version 2. Available online at

http://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/313

• Calculation method: The length of border sections was

defined by their geodesic length based on ellipsoid ETRS89

• Impact level: as reported by the EBCGA to the Commission

Sea workload 30% Sea

crossings70%

Reference figures by the EBCGA based on data provided by

Member States in accordance with Union law.

Data reported by MSs via the “Passenger Flow” indicator under

the Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN) data collection, on

monthly basis. Exception: for some MSs the data for “Passenger

Flow” indicator were not available on monthly basis. For BMVI,

those MSs have provided yearly figures only.

FRAN definition of indicator “Passenger flow at sea” (for data

reported for BMVI): The number of third-country and EU

nationals crossing the external borders of an EU Member State or

Schengen Associated Country on entry from a third country or

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from a non-Schengen EU Member State. One person can be

counted several times within the same reference period. Due to on-going works for improving the standardization of data

collection for passenger flow at the sea borders reported under

FRAN, it was agreed between Frontex and DG HOME that, for

the purpose of BMVI, this indicator should include all

categories of persons entering a MS via an authorized BCP at

the external or Intra-EU sea borders. Includes: passengers,

seamen and crew on ferries, cruises, pleasure boats, cargo boats or

other maritime traffic entering via BCPs.

Sea refusals

30%

EUROSTAT database: migr_eirfs Third country nationals formally refused permission to enter the

territory of a Member State (see Art. 2.1 (q) and 5.1(a) of the

Council Regulation (EC) no 862/2007). The external border is

defined as in the Schengen Borders Code (Council Regulation

(EC) No 562/2006, more details on Article 2.2). For countries

which are not in the Schengen area, the external border is the same

as the international border. The grounds for refusal refer to the

Annex V part B of the Schengen Border Code, which is an

administrative document in use in most of the Member States.

Each person is counted only once within the reference period,

irrespective of the number of refusals issued to the same person.

Data used

A ir

p o

rt s

2 0

%

Airports workload

Air crossings

70%

EUROSTAT database: avia_par (detailed air passenger transport

by reporting country and routes – main airports in the reporting

country and main partner airport)

Method: all individual files from reporting countries (EU and

Schengen Associated Countries) are downloaded via the bulk

download and then the following transformations are applied: all

individual reporting country data are merged into one database; for

each partner airport the name of the country is added; based on the

reporting country and the country of the partner airport several

routes are calculated.

For the purpose of the BMVI, the following calculated routes are

included: Arrivals from EU non-Schengen to EU non-Schengen,

Arrivals from EU non-Schengen to Schengen, Arrivals from

Schengen to EU non-Schengen, Arrivals from Third Country to

EU non-Schengen, Arrivals from Third Country to Schengen.

Air refusals

30% EUROSTAT database: migr_eirfs

Data used

C o

n su

la r

o ff

ic es

1 5

%

Visa

applications

50%

2017-19 visa statistics published by the Commission in accordance

with Article 46 of the Visa Code, all tables up to 2019 available on

this page: https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-

do/policies/borders-and-visas/visa-policy#stats

Number of

consular

offices 50%

Number of consular offices (excluding honorary consulates) of the

Member States in the countries listed in Annex I of Regulation

(EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

14 November 2018 retrievable via:

https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-

and-visas/visa-policy#stats

Electronically signed on 28/06/2024 21:20 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121