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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council

Commission to make €7 million available to assist member states taking in Iraqi refugees

Luxembourg, 20/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Franco Frattini announced on Friday that he was going to make €7 million available for assistance to countries of the Union particularly affected by the arrival of large numbers of Iraqi refugees. The aid comes from the €15 million budget of the Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows fund.

Externally, the Commission had already announced on 18 April that it had earmarked some €10 million to support Iraqis fleeing their...

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