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Today 17 patients from Gaza were evacuated to Italy in an operation organised by Italy with the support of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UPCM). The patients – accompanied by 53 people – will be transported by 3 planes to various hospitals around Italy.

Joint donor statement condemning attacks against civilians and humanitarian workers in Sudan by the European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan...

Following heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding that have heavily affected Romania's Praid Salt Mine, Romanian authorities activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism requesting experts specialising in rock mechanics and salt mines.

To prepare for the increased wildfire risk during the upcoming summer months, the EU has put together teams of firefighters and aircraft to help European countries affected by wildfires.

The Commission has announced €80 million in EU humanitarian funding for 2025 to support people in need in Yemen. Yemen continues to rank among the worst humanitarian crises in the world.

In response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Gaza and the West Bank, the European Commission has allocated an additional €50 million in humanitarian funding, bringing total assistance in 2025 to €170 million.

Today, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will receive the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.

The European Commission announced an initial humanitarian pledge of over €2.3 billion for 2025 to address urgent global crises at the European Humanitarian Forum concluded today in Brussels.

In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger – an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023 – while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reaches a record high.