EC Midday press briefing of 12/11/2026
12 November 2026
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European Commission
Follow its sittings00:00 - 00:25
Speaker 4
Thank you very much. Laila Massaadit from Brussels Morning. The EU has given billions of euro for the migration management and in different sector in Turkey. The question is how is that money is being monitored and accounted for now? Thank you.
00:25 - 02:14
Speaker 7
Thank you for the question. So, the EU recognises Türkiye's efforts in hosting 2.2 million refugees from Syria and other countries as well as its key role for migration management in the region. As you said, our approach to migration has been comprehensive and we have been supporting different initiatives. Let me recall that we put the Commission has put in place safeguards to ensure that all EU funding contributes to the improvement of the conditions of migrants in Türkiye. For instance, we have EU assistance for migration management that aims at improving governance structures in line with international and EU standards.
For instance, we have put in place, I mean, we have supported the removal centres, so whenever migrants do not qualify for international temporary protection, return is an integral part of this comprehensive migration management. So, the EU has been providing support in that sense to build the and for the construction and as well the operation of the removal centres. The assistance supported to the supported to Turkish authorities in their efforts to improve really the physical and material conditions in those centres. Actually, there was a report from the Council of Europe's Special Rapporteur on migration and asylum who stressed the importance of the support in that sense. As I said, we have we make sure that all instruments place really the fundamental rights at the centre when it comes to you were mentioning some initiatives.
02:14 - 02:39
Speaker 2
For instance, when it comes to the removal centres, we have regular monitoring visits that are provided on the ground. This is something that we do, really to assess also the EU-funded supplies and the efficiency of assistance. So, this is a bit in a nutshell everything that we have been doing on this front.
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