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."

Turkey currently hosts close to 4 million 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, under the €6 billion envelope, €4.2 billion has been committed and €3.45 billion contracted through 85 projects. More than €125 million has been paid out since the beginning of 2019, bringing the total to €2.35 billion (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).

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

• Facility Project Factsheets

• Humanitarian assistance – Sectoral Factsheets

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