The European Union has allocated 116.6 million euros to increase reserves for emergency shelters that can be deployed in the context of crises or disasters that overwhelm national response capacities.
These reserves will consist of high quality emergency shelter units such as light prefabricated structures, flat-pack containers and emergency tents.
The reserves have been developed to provide a high degree of comfort in an emergency context, while ensuring rapid deployment.
According to a statement issued by the European Commission, the first shelter units will be available within the next year to support EU Member States or participating states of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism in case of a need to rapidly host high numbers of people.
Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said: “During the past years we have seen more and more displacement: within and outside of Ukraine’s borders because of war, in Turkiye and Syria as a consequence of the massive earthquakes, but also here in the EU due to increasing threats such as recent floods and wildfires. Given the changing risk landscape in Europe and beyond, we have been building up various material reserves at the EU level to support eventually overwhelmed national capacities.” (QNA)
Source: Qatar News Agency
