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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11512

16 March 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) humanitarian aid
Council adopts regulation instituting EURO ECHO for emergency aid to refugees in Greece

Brussels, 15/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - EURO ECHO, the new emergency humanitarian aid instrument devised in order to provide an immediate and effective response to large-scale humanitarian crises in the European Union, was baptised in Brussels on Tuesday 15 March.

The Council of the EU formally adopted the Regulation creating this unprecedented financial instrument, which will have an envelope of €700 million over three years (2016-2018) and Greece, which is currently overwhelmed by 35,000...

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