Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Their remit was to support the United Nations disaster assessment and coordination team. As for the emergency.lu satellite communication platform, two systems were sent with the HIT team only one day after the earthquake.

In addition, Luxembourg has made a contribution of EUR 500,000 to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) to support its emergency appeals, 60% for Turkey and 40% for Syria. Finally, Luxembourg allocated EUR 430,000 to the emergency projects of the Luxembourgish humanitarian NGOs Handicap International Luxembourg, CARE Luxembourg and Fondation Caritas Luxembourg. In total, Luxembourg, with the support of the European Union, contributed financial and in-kind aid worth EUR 3.29 million, of which EUR 2.33 million was for Turkey and EUR 960,000 for Syria.