The European Union provides Türkiye with 220 million euros for border control
The European Commission said on Monday, that it will provide an amount of 220 million euros to Türkiye, to support and improve control operations at the country’s eastern borders.
The Commission stated in a statement that the aforementioned amount was approved, and that the total amount provided by the Commission to Türkiye during the year 2022 amounted to 1.2 billion euros.
The statement stated that the sums provided to Türkiye during the current year were spent on refugees and border control and control operations.
The statement devoted space to the statements of the Commissioner for Enlargement Affairs and Neighborhood Policy of the European Union, Oliver Varheli, who said that these amounts show the extent of the Union’s cooperation with Türkiye regarding the refugee issue.
He made it clear that the European Union wanted to continue the readmission agreement concluded with Türkiye in March 2016.
Praising the services provided by Ankara to refugees residing within its territory, the European Commissioner pointed out that Türkiye is the country that has absorbed the most refugees since 2015.
