The European Commission supports EU countries in developing and implementing migration management and asylum systems. This is done by providing operational response in EU countries, especially in Italy, Malta, Cyprus, Spain and Greece.

In these countries, the Commission supports national authorities, also through teams on the ground and in coordination with EU Agencies, international organisations and other relevant actors, in:

• managing the arrivals of migrants
• setting up adequate migrant reception facilities
• implementing relocation decisions and other transfer mechanisms at EU level
• ensuring efficient asylum and return procedures
• improving border management
• protecting unaccompanied minors and other vulnerable groups
• promoting integration policies for legally residing third-country nationals