La UE aumenta en 4 millones de euros la ayuda humanitaria y sigue pidiendo la plena aplicación de los acuerdos de Minsk. El invierno, con temperaturas inferiores a -30°C y medias siempre por debajo de 0°C provocadas por el anticiclón siberiano, hace que...
Read moreSakharov Prize awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar
Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar. Sakharov Prize 2016. Parliament’s 2016 Sakharov Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two young Iraqi Yazidi women, Daesh/ISIS survivors and activists. “More than 3,500 children and women are still...
Read more2.5 years of conflict, 2.5 million displaced. Filippo Grandi visits Ukraine
Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, urges safety nets for those really in need – the elderly, the disabled and poorest. Filippo Grandi in Ukraine Two and a half years of conflict have left more than two million Ukrainians displaced...
Read moreHundreds of thousands flee their homes in Burundi
Daily life at Lusenda. UN Women's safe space. Photos: UN Women/Catianne Tijerina Burundi’s ongoing political turmoil has caused hundreds of thousands to flee their homes and seek shelter in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The Lusenda refugee...
Read moreThe EU provides €200000 to assist populations affected by cyclone Roanu in Sri Lanka
Cyclone Roanu. EU Aid. Source: Caritas In mid May, Tropical Cyclone Roanu swept across Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh, triggering strong winds, landslides and flooding, which affected hundreds of thousands of people. In this photo, villagers in Banshkhali...
Read moreThe European Union commits to action at the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit
World Humanitarian Summit (Istanbul 2016). Photo credits ECHO "Time for action not for complacency. The inevitability of change. The system, as it stands, will not stand. Change is happening, and the system can catch up, or not catch up. Fewer people...
Read moreEuropean Border Guard: the Council ready to negotiate amid Parliamentary concerns
European Border Agency Today, the Permanent Representatives Committee agreed, on behalf of the Council of the European Union, its negotiating position on the proposed regulation on the European Border Guard. The proposal, which is part of the Borders...
Read moreTerrorists vs Refugees
Refugees taken by... G20 Summit in Antalya President Juncker: I try to make it crystal clear that we should not mix the different categories of people coming to Europe. The one who is responsible for the attacks in Paris cannot be put on an equal footing...
Read moreWestern Balkans: EU & UNICEF, partners for children
EU & UNICEF, partners for children. Credits: EU European Commission supports UNICEF with €2 million to assist refugee children in the Western Balkans. The European Commission has today unlocked financial support for UNICEF, providing €2 million to assist...
Read moreEbola outbreak: €7.4 billion, 10-year recovery plan for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three most affected countries
«Ebola is like a war in our countries» said Guinea President Alpha Condé during a visit to the World Bank last Friday. Ebola outbreak World Bank visit The presidents of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone visited the World Bank on April 17 to ask for help...
Read moreEbola continuing to cause more deaths in West...
Ebola continuing to cause more deaths in West Africa European Commission - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO) With Ebola continuing to cause more deaths in West Africa, EU ECHO's colleague in the field, Anouk, has provided more photos of International...
Read moreCivilians in Gaza. EU Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection
Civilians in Gaza Kristalina Georgieva I am horrified by the loss of lives and injuries caused to civilians in Gaza. The EU is increasing its humanitarian aid in response to the escalating crisis there. For more information: http://bit.ly/Uy5KC9
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Aid in action - Algeria / Western Sahara - EC - ECHO
Sahrawian refugees living in Tindouf Caught in the cross-fire of the conflict opposing Morocco and the Polisario Front over the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara since 1976, tens of thousands Sahrawian refugees have been living in the Algerian region...
Read moreA school for children of war
Young Syrians attend classes at El Jirahiyeh public school, in Bekaa Valley, Al Marj district, Lebanon on November 12, 2013. Credits: ENPI Info Centre Syrian children have suffered “the fastest and clearest educational decline” ever seen in the Middle...
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