{"id":8391,"date":"2018-06-30T22:20:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2018-06-30T22:20:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T21:20:14","slug":"eu-agrees-to-allocate-e3-billion-for-refugees-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/eu-agrees-to-allocate-e3-billion-for-refugees-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"EU agrees to allocate \u20ac3 billion for refugees in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4324\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Angela-Merke.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Merke\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Angela-Merke.jpg 404w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Angela-Merke-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The European Union leaders on Friday agreed to release the second \u20ac3 billion ($3.72 billion) tranche in assistance for Syrian refugees in Turkey.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have agreed to allocate the second tranche for Turkey,\u201c German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters when leaving the EU summit, which dragged into the early morning hours of Friday.<br \/>\nIn March 2016, the EU and Turkey reached an agreement to stop irregular migration through the Aegean Sea, and improve the conditions of more than 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey.<br \/>\nThe EU had pledged \u20ac6 billion ($7.44 billion) in funding for the refugees, and promised to mobilize the second \u20ac3 billion ($3.72 billion) tranche by the end of 2018.<br \/>\nMerkel said Turkey has done a lot for more than 3 million Syrian refugees it has hosted since the beginning of the Syrian civil war.<br \/>\nOn Thursday, Italy had raised objections to releasing the additional \u20ac3 billion aid.<br \/>\nThe Italian government demanded stronger solidarity from its EU partners regarding migration.<br \/>\n\u201cThe European Council agrees on launching the second tranche of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey [&#8230;],\u201d Thursday&#8217;s summit conclusions said.<br \/>\nTurkey hosts some 3.5 million Syrians, more than any other country in the world. Ankara says it has spent around $25 billion helping and sheltering refugees since the beginning of the Syrian civil war.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/eu-agrees-to-allocate-e3-billion-for-refugees-in-turkey\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union leaders on Friday agreed to release the second \u20ac3 billion ($3.72 billion) tranche in assistance for Syrian refugees in Turkey. \u201cWe have agreed to allocate the second tranche for Turkey,\u201c German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters when leaving the EU summit, which dragged into the early morning hours of Friday. 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