Since 2017, the EU has funded more than 60 humanitarian projects to support more than two million Venezuelan migrants and refugees living in Colombia. Humanitarian funding allocated to Colombia since 1994 amounts to more than 368 million euros, according to data from the European Commission
The European Comission announced this Tuesday a new humanitarian aid package of more than 34 million euros for Colombia, of which 22 million will be destined for migrants affected by the Venezuelan crisis.
The announcement of this aid coincides with the visit to the country by the Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, who highlighted the “great steps to build peace and reconciliation” that Colombia is taking.
“I am here today to express the concrete solidarity of the EU with all those in need and to congratulate Colombia for showing true generosity in hosting Venezuelan refugees in these difficult times,” Lenarcic said in a statement distributed by the European coalition.
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The goal of this humanitarian aid is to address the needs of people affected by the conflict, especially Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities, natural hazards, and those of Venezuelan refugees and vulnerable migrants in the country, as well as host communities, he added. the Commission.
Lenarcic plans to travel to Panama tomorrow, where he will participate in the high-level meeting of the regional coordination mechanism for the crisis in Venezuela, the so-called R4V platform, where the regional assessment of the needs of migrants and refugees will be presented.
Food assistance, health services, education in emergencies, protection, and psychosocial and legal assistance are the main sectors to which the new aid destined for Colombia will be directed.
This money will also enhance disaster preparedness programs, with the goal of increasing the resilience of vulnerable populations. For the EU, these programs are key to counteracting the increasingly devastating implications of climate change in Colombia, but also in the region in general.
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Since 2017, the EU has funded more than 60 humanitarian projects to support more than two million Venezuelan migrants and refugees living in Colombia.
Humanitarian funding allocated to Colombia since 1994 amounts to more than 368 million euros, according to data from the European Commission. In 2020 and 2021, humanitarian assistance of €20 million was provided to stop the spread of covid-19 in Colombia.
With information from EFE
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