Press Release: Northern Caucasus: Commission allocates EUR 17.5 million for victims of conflict in Chechnya

The European Commission has approved a €17.5 million humanitarian aid package to support victims of the conflict in Chechnya. The recipients will include internally displaced persons (IDPs) and vulnerable groups in Chechnya, as well as IDPs in Ingushetia and Dagestan, and Chechen refugees in Azerbaijan and Georgia. Assistance will be provided in the following sectors: protection, shelter, income-generation activities, health, water and sanitation, psycho-social assistance and mine-risk education. Funds are being allocated via the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) under the responsibility of Commissioner Louis Michel.