Humanitarian Aid: EU increases funding to € 1.7 billion for 2023.

European Commission
Press release
Brussels, 18 January 2023

 
As humanitarian needs continue to rise globally, the EU maintains its commitment to support those in need by adopting its initial annual humanitarian budget of € 1.7 billion for 2023. Human-induced humanitarian crises, resulting from wars with often widespread violations of international humanitarian law, conflicts or outbreaks of violence are the main source of humanitarian needs in the world. The EU's humanitarian assistance helps millions of vulnerable people, including forcibly displaced people or trapped populations, as well as host communities. The needs resulting from such crises are often further exacerbated by disasters triggered by natural hazards, such as drought or floods, fuelled by climate change. EU humanitarian aid in 2023 will be allocated as follows: € 207.8 million will be directed to Southeast Europe and the European Neighbourhood addressing mostly the consequences of Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, as well as funding projects for ongoing needs in the...
 
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