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Add to Preferred SourcesThe Commission has allocated over €56 million in humanitarian aid this year to support people in need in Asia and the Pacific. The funding will help people affected by the main ongoing humanitarian crises in the region and will strengthen disaster preparedness in an area prone to natural hazards.
The announcement comes on the occasion of the EU-Indo Pacific Ministerial Forum and the EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, which are being held in Brussels. Both meetings will offer an opportunity to discuss cooperation in areas of common interest, including disaster management and emergency response.
The largest allocations are for Bangladesh (€26.5 million) and Myanmar (€19.2 million). The funding will address the humanitarian consequences of the ongoing conflict in Myanmar, as well as the needs of the almost one million Rohingya refugees who continue to live in Bangladesh. Another €2 million will respond to the wider refugee crisis in the region, mostly stemming from the violence in Myanmar, which is causing displacement to neighboring countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
€2.6 million will be allocated to the Philippines, to respond to the protracted crisis in the Mindanao region, where communities continue to suffer the impact of armed violence combined with disasters induced by natural hazards.
€4 million is dedicated to strengthening disaster preparedness in Nepal, which is exposed to multiple natural hazards, some of which are increasingly frequent due to climate change. This funding will help reinforce local preparedness and capacity for response. An additional €1.7 million will support disaster preparedness efforts in other parts of the region.