EU allocates full €6 billion to Turkey to stop flow of migrants to Europe

Turkish coast guards help migrants following a failed attempt to cross to the Greek island of Lesbos, on the waters of the North Aegean Sea, off the shores of Canakkale, Turkey. The European Union has allocated a multibillion-euro sum to Turkey to fund the welfare of refugees hosted by the country, after Ankara pledged to stop the flow of illegal migrants and refugees to Europe.

“Today marks the finalization of the contracting of €6 billion in EU support to refugees and host communities in Turkey,” said Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, the EU’s envoy to Ankara. The move has “put an important milestone behind us, the diplomat said, adding that the two sides will “now focus on making sure that the refugees and host communities will benefit from our projects.”