Press Release: EU approves additional €17 million to help Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia cope with refugee influx

On 8 October 2015 the European Commission detailed its support of €17 million to help Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia cope with the unprecedented refugee flows in these countries ahead of the High Level Conference on the Eastern Mediterranean-Western Balkans route taking place today in Luxembourg.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Macedonia and the migrant crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/macedonia-and-the-migrant-crisis/

ESO: Background information: Refugees clamber onto Macedonian trains / Macedonia disperses migrants with tear gas, stun grenades http://www.europeansources.info/record/refugees-clamber-onto-macedonian-trains-macedonia-disperses-migrants-with-tear-gas-stun-grenades/

ESO: Background information: Funding to main migration-related activities in the Western Balkans and Turkey http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-funding-to-main-migration-related-activities-in-the-western-balkans-and-turkey/

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