Press Release: Northern Caucasus: Commission allocates €11 million for victims of the conflict in Chechnya

The European Commission approved a new €11 million humanitarian aid package to support victims of the conflict in Chechnya. The recipients will include internally displaced persons in Chechnya as well as refugees in neighbouring countries. Assistance to vulnerable groups will focus mainly on protection operations, shelter, income-generation activities and mother-and-child health. Funds will be channelled through the European Commission humanitarian aid department under the responsibility of Commissioner Louis Michel.