European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said, on Wednesday 30 May, that there was no inappropriate use of armoured vehicles purchased with European funds in Turkey to assist border management. According to some media reports, the vehicles were armed and used to fire on refugees at the border between Turkey and Syria (see EUROPE 11995).
“There is no evidence to show that vehicles financed by the EU have been used to fire on refugees (...) and our research and...