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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9096

23 December 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/burma
EUR 15 mil for vulnerable people in Burma/Myanmar and Burmese refugees in Thailand

Brussels, 22/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on Thursday to earmark €15 million in humanitarian aid for vulnerable populations in Burma/Myanmar and to Burmese refugees along the Myanmar-Thai border. This is the second allocation to the Burmese crisis in 2005, which in total has reached €16.5 million. Commissioner Louis Michel said: “Burma/Myanmar, has become a silent humanitarian crisis, with many vulnerable groups, notably ethnic minorities in the border...

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