Press Release: Syrian refugee crisis: EU Trust Fund launches single biggest EU response package ever for €350 million, helping up to 1.5 million refugees and their host communities in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq

On 1 December 2015, the European Commission provided € 350 million for aid package under the EU Trust Fund in response to the Syrian refugee crisis to date. It would provided urgently needed aid to 1.5 million refugees and overstretched host communities in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq.

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European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: IP/15/6205, 01.12.15: €200mn humanitarian aid package for Syria crisis and Iraq delivered by Commission http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6205_en.htm

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