Syria fund to help keep refugees in Macedonia and Serbia

An EU official stated on 1 February 2016 that the so-called EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis - also known as Madad fund - was going to be used to help keep refugees in FYR Macedonia and Serbia.

The fund was established by the European Union in December 2014 and originally designed to help Syrian refugees and overstrected host communities in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Supporting Syria and the Region, London, 4 February 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/supporting-syria-and-the-region-london-4-february-2016/

ESO: Background information: Balkan countries fear becoming buffer zone for refugees http://www.europeansources.info/record/balkan-countries-fear-becoming-buffer-zone-for-refugees/

ESO: Background information: European Commission and Italy launch first ever EU Regional Trust Fund in response to the Syrian Crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-european-commission-and-italy-launch-first-ever-eu-regional-trust-fund-in-response-to-the-syrian-crisis/

Politico, 06.02.16: Macedonia gets help to stem migrant flows http://www.politico.eu/article/syria-migration-crisis-macedonia-greece-schengen/

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