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EC Calls to Allot 700 Mln Euros for Int'l Humanitarian Aid for Refugees

© AP Photo / Petros GiannakourisAfghan migrant shouts "Merkel help us" in the northern Greek border station of Idomeni , Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016
Afghan migrant shouts Merkel help us in the northern Greek border station of Idomeni , Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The European Commission urges the European Parliament and the European Council to allocate 700 million euros for humanitarian aid for refugees.

Afghan migrant in the northern Greek border station of Idomeni , Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 - Sputnik International
EU to Reveal Emergency Humanitarian Aid Plan to Greece Amid Migrant Crisis
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The European Commission has called on the European Parliament and the European Council to allot 700 million euros for humanitarian aid for refugees in 2016-2018, an EC member in charge of Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management said Wednesday.

“The Commission will urgently propose, to the European Parliament and to the Council as the budgetary authorities, an amending budget for 2016 to create the budget line for the instrument. The estimated needs for 2016 are €300 million with a further €200 million each for use in 2017 and 2018, respectively,” Commissioner Christos Stylianides said at a briefing in Brussels.

He said the aid would be directed to include food, shelter and medicine to women, children, and men arriving in the European Union.

“Emergency assistance would be provided in close coordination with Member States and organizations such as UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and international organizations, and include the provision of basic necessities such as food, shelter and medicine to the large numbers of children, women and men currently arriving in EU countries,” Stylianides said.

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