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.

The operational envelope of the first tranche of €3 billion has now been fully contracted with 72 projects, out of which €1.94 billion has been disbursed (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). Under the second tranche of €3 billion, €450 million has been committed to date.

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

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