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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11453

15 December 2015
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Refugees - agreement between Greece and UNHCR to create 20,000 hosting places

Brussels, 14/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 14 December, the European Commission and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a programme to “provide asylum seekers and relocation candidates with an additional 20,000 hosting places in Greece, by means of housing subsidies in the private sector”, the Commission announced in a press release. The Commission has provided financing of €80 million from the Union budget for 2016 to this end, it states.

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EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) RUSSIA: European Council to discuss extending sanctions
(AE) LIBYA: International community advocates signing agreement for national unity government
(AE) WESTERN SAHARA: Council decides to appeal General Court's ruling on free trade agreement with Morocco
(AE) MOROCCO: Relative slowdown in fundamental rights and freedoms reforms
(AE) TUNISIA: Hahn speaks to Tunisia's international cooperation minister
(AE) BURUNDI: EU wants to fund peace dialogue after unprecedented violence in Bujumbura
(AE) TRADE: Parties to future agreement on environmental goods want to build on basis of Paris climate agreement
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Agreement on milk and fruit in schools programmes confirmed
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Commission opposes export refunds
(AE) FISHERIES: Political agreement on Black Sea fisheries quotas
(AE) FISHERIES: ALDE calls for European eco-label
(AE) CLIMATE: Paris agreement is good starting point, says Canete
(AE) TRANSPORT: No aviation and maritime sector in COP 21 agreement, many regret
(AE) REGIONS: Commission launches new ESI funding data platform
(AE) REGIONS: Commission presents annual report on ESI funds
(AE) JHA: Refugees - agreement between Greece and UNHCR to create 20,000 hosting places
(AE) JHA: Conditions in Calais 'jungle' worse than in camps outside EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) GREECE: Payment of €1 billion sub-instalment on track
(AE) EUROZONE: EP wants to be involved in monitoring Greek bailout next year
(AE) INSURANCE: Final adoption of new rules for insurance brokerage
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BETTER REGULATION: Inter-institutional agreement on improving rule-making
(AE) JHA: Cameron prepared to review his demands over European migrants
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: Committee of Ministers expresses concern about UK and Azerbaijan's failure to respect ECHR
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) AFGHANISTAN:
(AE) AGRICULTURE:
(AE) BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA:
(AE) JHA:
(AE) NEIGHBOURHOOD:
(AE) YEMEN:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1119