Brussels, 13/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - By 419 votes in favour to 44 against and 10 abstentions, MEPs adopted a report by Sylvie Guillaume (S&D, France) on Thursday 13 March approving the asylum, migration and integration fund (AMIF) for 2014-2020 and the minimum amount of this funding that each EU country will have to spend on these policies. MEPs also approved the new EU Internal Security Fund, designed to improve border surveillance and police cooperation (€2.8 billion in total). The AMIF will be given €3.1 billion, and €2.7 billion will have to be spent on national programmes (including €360 million on resettlement) and €385 million on EU emergency and technical assistance action and the European Migration Network. At least 20% of the €2.4 billon (€2.7 bn minus the resettlement funds) that member states will receive from AMIF will be used on measures to encourage legal immigration and promote the integration of immigrants. Countries will have to spend at least 20% of the money on asylum measures. Member countries taking asylum seekers under the EU's resettlement programme will receive a lump sum of €6,000 for each resettled person, which can be increased to €10,000 for vulnerable persons or persons coming from priority areas (such as Syria or Ukraine). (SP)