EU Allocates €36 Million To Support Afghan IDPs & Migrants

The European Union announced that it has allocated 36 million euros to support displaced people and Afghan refugees.

The EU said that hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) will benefit from basic protection services, livelihood opportunities and other basic services.

The European Union in Afghanistan, published on Saturday, January 18, said that the EU has signed a new agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The agreement aims to support displaced Afghans and their host communities in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian countries.

The European Union in Afghanistan has said that the support programme will start in January 2025 and will continue until December 2027.

The European Union in Afghanistan says that Afghans make up one of the world's largest refugee populations, with about 2.2 million of them in Iran and Pakistan alone.

It is said that about 3.2 million people have been displaced inside Afghanistan.

"Although active conflict is no longer the main cause of displacement, Afghanistan faces a humanitarian crisis with severe protection issues, including gender-based violence, child labour, and restrictions on freedom of movement and other basic rights for women and girls," the statement said.