Document 177 - Written interpellation by I. Ferčíková Konečná to L. Metnar regarding the financing of legal counselling for applicants for international protection

The document contains an interpellation and a reply from the Minister of the Interior on the funding of legal advice for applicants for international protection. The MEP criticises the fact that the Ministry has not launched a call for proposals from the European AMIF fund and instead wants to provide the services through a law firm paid for from the state budget. The Minister defends this by saying that the existing system was duplicative, and that the new solution will be cheaper in total and that the AMIF funds will be redirected to other forms of assistance for foreigners.