Additional €30 million to boost aid for victims of Syria crisis

Just as winter weather hit Syria and the region, the European Commission mobilised in December 2013 an additional €30 million aimed at providing urgently needed assistance to the conflict-affected population inside Syria, as well as to Syrian refugees and host communities in neighbouring Jordan and Lebanon.

This followed just after the European Commission signed major contracts with United Nations agencies totalling €147 million to deliver vitally needed aid to people affected by the Syrian crisis.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Syria crisis: EU and U.N. partners to reach millions of Syrians in desperate need of humanitarian assistance http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-syria-crisis-eu-and-u-n-partners-to-reach-millions-of-syrians-in-desperate-need-of-humanitarian-assistance/

Blog: ECFR, 20.12.13: The Syrian refugee crisis: A disjointed EU response http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/the_syrian_refugee_crisis_a_disjointed_eu_response

EU: EEAS: The EU and Syria http://eeas.europa.eu/syria/

Wikipedia: Refugees of the Syrian Civil War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War

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