Press Release: EU steps up assistance for Syrian refugees in Turkey

With growing numbers of refugees from Syria seeking sanctuary in Turkey, the European Commission stepped up its assistance with an additional €10 million in humanitarian funding both inside Turkey and inside Syria via cross-border assistance from Turkey.

The funding was announced on 9 December 2014 as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini and the Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides visited a camp for Syrian refugees in the border town of Kilis, south-central Turkey, and attended a distribution of EU-funded aid for refugees.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: STATEMENT/14/2540: European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos calls in Geneva for more protection and admission possibilities for Syrian refugees http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-2540_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Visit to Turkey: EU to step up engagement http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-visit-to-turkey-eu-to-step-up-engagement/

The Conversation, 13.01.15: Turkey urgently needs to integrate its Syrian refugees https://theconversation.com/turkey-urgently-needs-to-integrate-its-syrian-refugees-35984

ESO: Background information: Turkey clamps down on Syria border after Kurdish unrest http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-clamps-down-on-syria-border-after-kurdish-unrest/

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