The European Union mobilizes €6.5 million ($7 million) emergency help to Turkiye and Syria after the earthquake, the European Commission introduced on Wednesday.
Under the framework of the European Civil Protection Mechanism, the EU allocates to Türkiye “€3 million in emergency assistance to boost response efforts in the country,” the EU government physique mentioned in a press release.
On Thursday, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic will go to the Turkish areas hit by catastrophe, the doc added.
The support comes along with the 31 search and rescue groups and 5 medical groups supplied by 20 EU member states and affiliate nations of Albania, Montenegro, and Serbia by way of the bloc’s emergency mechanism which Türkiye can be a member of.
Syria will obtain €3.5 million in humanitarian help to supply shelter, water, and healthcare for the folks in want, in addition to to assist with the rescue work.
At least 9,057 folks had been killed and 52,979 others injured after devastating earthquakes hit southern Türkiye on Monday, in keeping with the nation’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Source: www.nationalturk.com
