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New assistance package approved worth €400 million for the education of Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Commission expands on disembarkation and controlled centre concepts following call by EU leaders at the June European Council

The Commission has confirmed that Kosovo has met the 2 outstanding visa liberalisation requirements on the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro and a strenghtened track record in the fight against crime and corruption

European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Oliver Spasovski, Minister of Interior of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, initialled a status agreement that will allow teams from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to be deployed in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

3 new migration-related programmes approved in Northern Africa totalling more than €90 million.

The European Commission has awarded an additional €45.6 million in emergency assistance to support Spain and Greece respond to the migratory challenges they face.

Yesterday the tenth Steering Committee meeting of the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey met in Brussels.

For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission proposes to almost triple funding for migration and border management to €34.9 billion, as compared to €13 billion in the previous period.