The
European Union will send an additional €10m in humanitarian assistance to Iraq,
bringing the bloc’s total contribution to this crisis to €350m since 2015. The
announcement was made by European Commissioner Christos Stylianides, who
co-chaired the ministerial-level event on Iraq in the margins of the 72nd
session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
“Our
additional funding announced today is for the most vulnerable Iraqis, including
survivors of violence, children who have lost their parents and childhood to
the war,” he said. “The European Union will stand by them for as long as it
takes.”
According
to a European Commission press release, the new funding aims to provide
lifesaving support to the affected populations in retaken areas and those
affected by displacement, including in the aftermath of the Mosul military
campaign. It will also provide psychosocial and mental health support to the
survivors of violence during the conflict.
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/eu-funding-iraq/