Europe should strengthen the voluntary reception of refugees by cities and municipalities with an investment initiative. Additional funding should give municipalities more room for maneuver. Those municipalities that are willing to take in refugees should be reimbursed for the costs of reception and integration directly from a European development and integration fund. The municipalities that want to take on more responsibility would thus have the financial means to do so. As an additional incentive, they should receive funds in the same amount for their own municipal development. In this way, the cities and municipalities could experience a revitalization not only economically, but also culturally, since, for example, funds would be available for cultural projects.
This concept outlines how such a fund could be financed.
At a later point, a legal opinion was also produced on this concept, which can be found here.