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04/03/2016
EU activates ‘Refugee Facility’ to help more than 800,000 Syrians in Turkey
The European Commission has today announced the first funding allocation to activate the ‘Refugee Facility for Turkey’, a multi-billion fund which will support humanitarian aid and development projects for refugees residing in Turkey.Of the total €…

London hosts major European disaster training exercise
03/03/2016
Firefighters, police officers and ambulance personnel from across London, as well as emergency teams from Italy, Hungary and Cyprus, participated this week in a four-day-long exercise aimed at reinforcing civil protection teams’ preparedness for…

Commission proposes new Emergency Assistance instrument for faster crisis response within the EU
02/03/2016
Today the European Commission has proposed an ‘Emergency Assistance Instrument’ to be used within the European Union to provide a faster, more targeted response to major crises, including helping Member States cope with large numbers of refugees…