European Commission announces extra €43 million humanitarian aid to Lebanon for Syria crisis

EU News 309/2015

Brussels, Beirut, 2 November 2015

The European Commission will give an additional €43 million in humanitarian aid to support Syrian refugees and their host communities in Lebanon.

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The funding will help prepare the most vulnerable refugees for the approaching winter. It will provide assistance for shelter rehabilitation, heating as well as health care support for some of the most vulnerable refugee families, which will allow them access to secondary health care in hospitals.

Lebanon is home to the highest refugee per capita rate in the world and comes second only to Turkey in terms of absolute numbers of Syrian refugees.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5963_en.htm?locale=en

Visit by Christos Stylianides, Member of the EC in charge of Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management to Lebanon. Date: 03/11/2015 Reference: P-029462/00-09 Location: Beirut (C)EU, 2015 URL

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