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Add to Preferred SourcesCommissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, and Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, visited Burkina Faso in light of the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian and security crisis in the country.
While meeting displaced people in the Centre-Nord region, Commissioner Lenarčič announced a humanitarian aid package of €11.45 million for Burkina Faso.
He stated, “The European Union continues its efforts to meet the most vulnerable communities’ emergency needs. Humanitarian aid is not a long-lasting solution and the root causes of the crisis must be addressed. It is only an integrated approach that can ensure communities’ security, the ability to meet their needs and aspirations, and to restore trust within the areas hit by the crisis.”
Commissioner Lenarčič also called for all parties to the conflict to respect human rights and international humanitarian law.
Since 2014, the EU has allocated more than €1 billion in humanitarian and development aid in Burkina Faso.
Original source: European Commission
Published on 26 February 2020