Press Release: Commission allocates EUR 15,5 million in humanitarian aid to vulnerable groups in Myanmar/Burma and Burmese refugees

The European Commission has allocated €15.5 million in humanitarian aid for vulnerable groups in Burma/Myanmar and to Burmese refugees along the Myanmar-Thai border. The decision will help address some of the basic humanitarian needs of around one million needy people in Myanmar. Aid will be provided in the health, food aid, nutrition, and water and sanitation sectors, as well as for the protection of certain threatened groups. It will also support humanitarian assistance to over 150,000 Burmese refugees along the Myanmar-Thai border who are almost entirely dependent on international aid. The funding is managed by the Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), under the responsibility of Commissioner Louis Michel.