Although primarily designed to support long-term and structural measures aiming at strengthening EU Member States' permanent capacities in the field of migration and security, in emergency situations AMIF and ISF funds can also be used to cater for a wide range of short-term needs (including of a humanitarian nature), especially through their emergency assistance mechanism.
Ehkki AMIF ja ISF on ette nhtud peamiselt pikaajaliste ja struktuursete meetmete toetamiseks, et tugevdada ELi liikmesriikide psivat suutlikkust rnde ja julgeoleku valdkonnas, vib neid fonde hdaolukorras kasutada ka mitmesuguste lhiajaliste (ka humanitaarabiga seotud) vajaduste rahuldamiseks, eelkige nende enda hdaabimehhanismide kaudu.