Humanitarian Support for Refugees in Turkey (Amending Budget 2021)

by name voted on 24.11.2021

Summary

This report addresses an amendment to the 2021 EU budget to provide continued humanitarian support to refugees in Turkey. It specifically aims to fund cash transfers for vulnerable populations through the Emergency Social Safety Net programme.

9 24.11.2021

Other

budget

refugee

social policy

international relations

public finance and budget policy

Key points

The proposal aims to provide continued humanitarian support to refugees in Turkey resulting from the Syrian crisis.
It focuses on extending the Emergency Social Safety Net programme, which provides monthly cash transfers to over 1.8 million people.
The amendment seeks to mobilize approximately 149.6 million euros in commitment appropriations for this purpose.
There are concerns that the current budget limits for humanitarian aid are too low to respond to major global crises.

Vote

PPE

S&D

Renew

Verts/ALE

ID

ECR

The Left

NI

Total

Speeches

5 Speeches in total

Pro

Contra

David Maria SASSOLI

David Maria SASSOLI

S&D

2:36 min

10. Announcement of voting results

Rainer WIELAND

PPE

1:08 min

2. Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71) (action taken)

Documents (PDFs)

REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 5/2021 of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – Humanitarian support to refugees in Turkey Draft amending budget No 5/2021: Humanitarian support to refugees in Turkey

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