Arab diaspora

DW: Germany to Give Additional €1 billion in Aid to Syria

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced on Wednesday that Germany will donate an additional €1 billion ($1.22 billion) in aid to Syria and neighboring countries who are hosting Syrian refugees.

"In Syria alone there are still more than 13 million people who are dependent on humanitarian aid," Maas said as he arrived in Brussels for a humanitarian aid drive for Syria.

Federica Moghereini: The EU Grants an Additional € 3 Billion to Turkey For Refugees

''The European Union will provide Turkey with an additional € 3 billion to help Syrian refugees over the next two years.''

This was stated by the head of European diplomacy Federica Moghereini. "We will give Turkey another 3 billion euros in the next two years," she said at the second Donor Syria conference in Brussels.

EU to Give Turkey More Funding to Extend Migrant Dea

Notwithstanding a rise in tensions between Brussels and Ankara - recently exacerbated by Turkey's increasingly aggressive stance toward Greece and Cyprus - the European Commission will be approving an additional 3 billion euros in funding for Syrian refugees living in Turkey, EU officials said on Wednesday, Ekathimerini reported.

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