Press Release: Lebanon: EU allocates additional financial support for refugee crisis

The European Commission on 23 April 2013 adopted a decision to provide additional financial support to Lebanon to mitigate the impact of the Syrian crisis in the country.

The European assistance will focus on capacity building in Lebanese institutions to deal with the crisis, improving access to educational and early childhood development services for both Syrian refugees and those Lebanese communities hosting refugees often in their own homes, empowering local communities socially and economically, strengthening existing structures for the care of children and other vulnerable groups and providing support to Palestine refugees from Syria.

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