EU: €235M for Syria humanitarian funding

Brussels 18.01.2025 The European Commission will provide new humanitarian support to Syrians, both inside Syria and in neighbouring countries, for an amount of €235 million for 2025. Following the collapse of the former government in Damascus, the EU is working at all levels to boost humanitarian aid delivery, including through launching Humanitarian Air Bridge flights….

Gaza-EU: benefiting from “martyr” fund?

Bruxelles 23.01.2024 Today the European Commission ensured that there is strict control in place to avoid situation when Hamas terrorists  would be able to profit from the EU humanitarian aid, including the sinister “martyr” funds. The requests to clarify the situation was expressed by two Members of the European Parliament: Monika Hohlmeier (PPE), Niclas Herbst…

France: Sudanese migrant crime

A Sudanese asylum-seeker killed an employee at a centre for migrants in the southern French city of Pau after his request was rejected, authorities said. [#BercoffSudRadio]⚡️ @andrebercoff revient sur l'agression au couteau à #Pau avec un auditeur 🗣️ "Toutes les lois existent pour traiter ce problème. Le problème ce n'est pas la loi, c'est la…

Nagorno Karabakh: EU humanitarian aid

Following an outbreak of fighting in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, the EU is announcing an allocation of emergency humanitarian aid to all the civilian population affected by the conflict, on both sides of the contact line. (Image above: Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh, social media) Following an outbreak of fighting in #NagornoKarabakh conflict zone, the EU is…

EU €100M for Lebanon-Jordan-Iraq refugees

The EU – via the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis – adopted a €100 million new assistance package to support the resilience of refugees, internally displaced person (IDP) host communities in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. This will be done through the strengthening of public service delivery systems, improved access to…

II conference on #Syria in Brussels

While the Syrian war enters its eighth year, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate. Over 13 million Syrians are now in need of humanitarian assistance, and more than 5 million Syrian refugees are displaced outside the country. Seven years of this humanitarian crisis are a stain on our collective humanity. This #SyriaConf2018 is not a simple…

Greece: €180 million in aid to refugees

Today the European Commission has announced new funding of €180 million for aid projects in Greece, including to scale up the flagship ‘Emergency Support to Integration & Accommodation’ (ESTIA) programme which helps get refugees into urban accommodation and out of camps and provides them with regular cash assistance. The funding comes as Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and…

Russia and US agreed on humanitarian aid to Syria

The Presidents of Russia and the U.S. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump said in a Joint Statement they are calling on all countries to build up humanitarian assistance to Syria. The statement, which the presidents approved on sidelines of the APEC summit in Da Nang on Saturday, says the presidents have agreed it is necessary…

EU aid to South Sudan famine

  Today the European Commission has announced an emergency aid package worth €82 million as famine has been declared in South Sudan for the first time since the country gained independence in 2011. One hundred thousand people are facing starvation in parts of the country while 40 per cent of the population (4.9 million people)…

Towards Syria conference in Brussels

  The preparations for the spring international conference on Syria in Brussels chaired by EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini are on the way. The conference on Syria will have two main objectives. From one hand it will take stock of the implementation of commitments of the donor community at the London conference, on which the EU…