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The European Union today promised a total of 6,000 million euros in aid to Turkey in exchange for receiving refugees, in a key step for the agreement signed between Brussels and Ankara on the issue of refugees.
Under this agreement, Turkey accepted the eReturn to the territory of all immigrants arriving on the Greek islands., including Syrian asylum seekers. Instead, 6 billion euros the European Union would pay Turkey to improve the living conditions of the 3.6 million refugees housed on Turkish soil.
No help will be given to Turkish governmentBut it will fund special programs for refugees.
“Today we are completing the allocation of six billion euros of aid from the European Union to support refugees and their reception in Turkey,” he said. Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, Head of the Delegation of the European Union in Turkey.
In the past, the president Tayyip erdogan it had accused the European Union of failing to meet its financial obligations in this regard.
Ankara deemed the aid insufficient available to serve the approximately four million migrants and refugees, mainly Syrians, who have been in its territory for years.
Since 6 billion of planned assistanceIn March 4,700 million were disbursed, of which 3,200 million have already been disbursed, according to the European Commission.
However, the Turkish president had declared in September that Turkey had spent $ 40 billion for the reception of refugees.
The EU Communication on The full amount of aid will be available a week after Brussels’ decision to impose sanctions on Ankara for Turkey’s “illegal and aggressive” actions in the eastern Mediterranean against Greece and Cyprus.
THE The European Union has expressed its will “Continue to provide financial assistance to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey and cooperate in the field of responsible management of migration flows.”
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