The mobilisation of €50 million in EU humanitarian aid for vulnerable refugees and their host communities in Turkey was announced by the European Commission on Tuesday 14 June.
Turkey currently hosts four million refugees, mainly Syrians (over 3.7 million).
The amount that has just been released is part of the €3 billion announced by the European Commission in June 2021 to support refugees in Turkey until 2024. It will fund specialised health care services, legal advice, psychosocial support, and access to civil status documents.
This humanitarian assistance is in addition to the EU Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme funded since 2016 by the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, which currently supports more than 1.5 million people with cash assistance, enabling them to meet their day-to-day needs, including expenses such as rent, transport, food or medicines.
“The EU will continue to provide humanitarian aid to refugees in Turkey and offer a lifeline to those most in need”, assures European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič in a statement. (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)