Press Release: Council approves more money to tackle refugee crisis

On 8 October 2015, the Council approved additional financial assistance from the 2015 EU budget in response to the migration crisis. This puts into effect the commitments made by the European Council on 23 September 2015.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Brussels, 23 September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/informal-meeting-of-heads-of-state-or-government-brussels-23-september-2015/

ESO: Background information: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 8-9 October 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-justice-and-home-affairs-council-8-9-october-2015/

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for immediate budgetary measures under the European Agenda on Migration http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-decision-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-the-mobilisation-of-the-flexibility-instrument-for-immediate-budgetary-measures-under-the-european-agenda-on-migration/

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