ANKARA: The EU is to give Türkiye an extra one billion euros in funding to care for the refugees it is hosting, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen said on Tuesday. "An additional one billion euros for 2024 is on its way," she said at a joint news conference in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The funds would support the healthcare and education needs of refugees in Türkiye and "contribute to migration and border management, including voluntary returns of Syrian refugees", she said. Türkiye is hosting nearly three million refugees who fled across the border in search of safety after the civil war began in 2011. Ankara is hoping the shift in power in Damascus will allow many of them to return home. "As things evolve on the ground, we can adapt this one billion to the new needs that might occur in Syria," she said. — AFP
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