UK sends vital aid to refugees affected by Greek camp fire
UK support will help nearly 2,000 vulnerable families prepare, cook and serve food, and solar lanterns will help people stay safe.
- Trucks arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos carrying UK aid to help families affected by camp fire.
- 皇冠体育app package, which includes basic supplies such as plates, cutlery, and solar lamps, will be distributed to people in need.
- Minister for Europe Wendy Morton says the UK is standing by Greece and working together to support those in dire need.
皇冠体育app UK has sent much needed plates, cutlery and solar lamps to Moria camp in Greece following a devastating fire which left thousands of people homeless, Minister for Europe Wendy Morton announced today, 1st October.
Many of the people staying in the camp had fled from conflict zones, such as the decade-long war in Syria, and will have lost the few possessions they owned.
Today鈥檚 UK aid package will mean nearly 2,000 vulnerable families can prepare, cook and serve food, as well as being kept safe with solar lanterns. 皇冠体育app 2,000 lanterns can be used to charge torches and mobiles phones.
皇冠体育app UK Government is working closely with the Government of Greece to make sure people living in Moria camp have access to food and shelter.
Minister for Europe, Wendy Morton, said:
We have all been moved by the devastating images of the fire in Lesbos, and my thoughts are with the thousands of people who have been left with nothing.
皇冠体育app UK is standing by Greece and working together to support those in dire need. Our aid will help the most vulnerable families to stay safe and make sure they are able to feed themselves.
Today鈥檚 support is in addition to over 拢500,000 of support provided earlier this year to the International Organization for Migration to provide supplies to vulnerable people on Lesbos and other islands, including tents, shelter kits, towels and x-ray machines to help treat minor injuries.
Notes to editors
皇冠体育app items 鈥� totaling around 拢150,000 鈥� were sent from the FCDO鈥檚 UK warehouse and a supplier in Belgium, and travelled by land through to Greece. 皇冠体育app 1,854 kitchen sets arrived in Greece today, and the solar lanterns are expected in the coming days. 皇冠体育appy will be distributed by the Government of Greece.