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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11503

3 March 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) humanitarian aid
Towards creation of “EURO ECHO”, emergency aid mechanism for migrants in EU

Brussels, 02/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - With the member states of the EU in complete disarray due to the exceptional influx of migrants and refugees, the European Commission on Wednesday 2 March proposed that the EU adopt an emergency aid mechanism which will allow it to react more quickly to large-scale humanitarian crises on its own territory.

In so doing, the Commission is responding to calls by the European Council of 18 and 19 February for proposals to this effect, and the draft...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
NEWS BRIEFS