“The Commission will urgently propose, to the European Parliament and to the Council as the budgetary authorities, an amending budget for 2016 to create the budget line for the instrument. The estimated needs for 2016 are €300 million with a further €200 million each for use in 2017 and 2018, respectively,” Commissioner Christos Stylianides said at a briefing in Brussels.
He said the aid would be directed to include food, shelter and medicine to women, children, and men arriving in the European Union.
“Emergency assistance would be provided in close coordination with Member States and organizations such as UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and international organizations, and include the provision of basic necessities such as food, shelter and medicine to the large numbers of children, women and men currently arriving in EU countries,” Stylianides said.
