The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, announced on Wednesday 4 November that the EU is mobilising immediate humanitarian assistance following the devastating passage of Typhoon Goni on the island of Luzon, the most populous island in the Philippines where the capital, Manila, is located.
This fast-track funding of €1.3 million is part of the EU’s Acute and Large Scale...