EU announces €78 million for South Sudan crisis

EU News 363/2016

Brussels, 11 November 2016

The European Commission will provide €78 million in emergency aid to help those affected by the South Sudan crisis both within the country and in the region. Over 1 million refugees from South Sudan have fled to neighbouring countries, with the number expected to grow.

The funding was announced today by Commissioner Christos Stylianides who is currently in Uganda, one of the largest refugee and asylum-seekers hosting country in the world. He is visiting the Bidibidi refugee settlements built recently to host the rapidly increasing numbers of refugees from neighbouring South Sudan.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-3621_en.htm?locale=en

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