Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations: "The current refugee crisis is a challenge of global dimensions. We have to work hand in hand with our partners and neighbouring countries beyond EU borders which are most affected."

The European Commission supports migration-related actions in enlargement and neighbourhood countries through pre-accession (IPA) and neighbourhood funds (ENI). See below for more details.

Turkey currently hosts more than 3.5 million registered Syrian refugees and the EU is committed to assist Turkey in dealing with this challenge. The EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, managing a total of €6 billion (€3 billion for 2016-2017 and €3 billion for 2018-2019), provides for a joint coordination mechanism, designed to ensure that the needs of refugees and host communities in Turkey are addressed in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. The Facility focuses on humanitarian assistance, education, migration management, health, municipal infrastructure, and socio-economic support. To date, 72 projects have been contracted for €3 billion, out of which almost €2 billion has been disbursed. The €400 million Special Measure adopted on 24 July 2018 is the 73rd Facility project and the first under the 2018-19 budget of €3 billion.

As of end of December 2017,  72 projects have been contracted worth €3 billion. Out of which €1.94 billion has been disbursed as of beginning of June 2018. The operational envelope of the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey for 2016-2017 has now been fully committed and contracted (except for ongoing administrative expenditure, ECHO technical assistance, and monitoring, evaluation and audit expenditure that may be committed and contracted during the life of the Facility). Out of the operational budget of €3 billion for 2018-2019, €400 million has been committed.

• Further information on how the Facility works can be found on the Factsheet.

• For further information about the Facility's humanitarian assistance, please click here.

• See here for a detailed overview of projects funded by the Facility for Refugees in Turkey.

• Second Annual Report on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey

• Seventh Report on the Progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement - September 06 2017

• The EU–Turkey Statement – One Year On

Facility videos

• How the EU Supports Education for Refugees and their Host Communities in Turkey
• Al Farah Child and Family Support Centre in Gaziantep
• The Facility for Refugees funds child protection support centre in Ankara

Latest news

• Progress report on the Implementation of the European Agenda on Migration
• EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey: Significant Progress in Implementation Achieved
• Sixth Report on the Progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement - June 13 2017
• Facility for Refugees in Turkey: steady progress reported at the sixth Steering Committee – March 31 2017