Humanitarian needs in the EU’s immediate neighbourhood have rapidly increased due to a fully-fledged war, refugee crisis, and natural hazards. The EU continues its humanitarian and civil protection operations to help the most vulnerable.
The volatile and highly tense situation remains a daily endurance in Nagorno-Karabakh. The 6-week-long conflict in late 2020 resulted in severe consequences for the inhabitants of the region.
According to the UN, up to 2,700 refugees and migrants are currently present in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Around 2,000 of them are accommodated in EU-funded reception centres located in Sarajevo and Una Sana Cantons.
In February 2023, an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude followed by another powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks caused massive destruction and suffering in Türkiye.