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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11698

7 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 18
EXTERNAL ACTION / Humanitarian aid
EU releases last €28.7 million of its 2016 budget in Africa and Asia
Brussels, 06/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 6 January, the European Commission announced that €28.7 million in emergency assistance has been allocated by the EU to help vulnerable victims of humanitarian crises in Africa and Asia.  In spending this amount, the Commission will have used up its humanitarian budget for 2016.

This assistance will be implemented by the partner organisations of ECHO (the Commission's humanitarian and civil protection department).  "We are mobilising the last reserves of the Commission's 2016...