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RSS![A blazing fire, in the foreground a firefighter's helmet.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/hdl%20wildfires%202607.jpg?itok=WBTiOsKU)
As several countries grapple with rapidly spreading wildfires, the EU steps in to reinforce firefighting efforts and provide much-needed support to the affected communities with over 490 firefighters and 9 firefighting planes deployed to Greece and Tunisia since 18 July.
![View of a make shift camp at the border](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/headline%20chad%200723.jpg?itok=Mkybdk7C)
As the conflict in Sudan has already forced thousands of people to flee into neighbouring Chad, EU allocates additional €10 million in humanitarian aid and launches new air operations to face the Sudan crisis.
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As tens of wildfires continue to spread across Greece, the EU is deploying 4 Canadair firefighting planes from France and Italy together with 3 firefighting teams from Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
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The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Haiti has doubled over the past five years reaching 5.2 million, nearly half of the country's population.
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Today, Commissioner Janez Lenarčič is announcing the release of over €43 million in humanitarian aid for the whole Latin American and Caribbean region in 2023.
![Wafaa and her son Abdullah walk among the remains of their home in the town of Sarmada.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/hdl%20northern%20syria.jpg?itok=kvT2si7v)
The European Union deplores the veto by the Russian Federation in the UN Security Council on 11 July 2023 on the renewal of the United Nation Security Council Resolution 2672 (2023) regarding cross-border delivery of humanitarian assistance to people in Northwest Syria.
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Food insecurity in refugee camps has reached alarming rates due to a massive funding gap that resulted in a reduction of food rations distributed to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
![A makeshift tent near a river](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/Peter_Biro_Mirpur%20Khas_web.png?itok=boqO6KAA)
The Commission is providing €16.5 million to assist the most vulnerable people in Pakistan who have been affected by conflict as well as climate-induced disasters.
![Offloading of generators from a truck.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/generators_ua_web.png?itok=TR5lLjgr)
The generators will be used to restore critical infrastructure such as water pumping stations and sewage stations in the affected areas of southern Ukraine. They are of various sizes ranging from 12.5 kVA to 1,100 kVA with a total financial value of €16 million.
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"Today, more than 110 million people are forcibly displaced around the world. On the occasion of World Refugee Day, we reiterate the EU's commitment to continue being a leading humanitarian and development donor and ...