Türkiye hosts one of the biggest refugee populations in the world, including more than 3.1 million Syrian refugees and almost 300 000 refugees and asylum seekers of other nationalities. The EU is committed to assisting Türkiye in dealing with this challenge. Since 2011 it has directed close to €10 billion to assist refugees and host communities in Türkiye.
One of the main mechanisms for managing this funding, the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, coordinates a total of €6 billion in support to refugees and host communities in the country, designed to ensure that their needs are addressed in a comprehensive manner. The full operational budget of the Facility €6 billion has been allocated and contracted, and more than €5.3 billion has been disbursed. Support under the Facility focuses on humanitarian assistance, education, migration management, health, municipal infrastructure, and socio-economic support.
The EU continues to support refugees in Türkiye also beyond the Facility. It mobilised supplementary humanitarian support in 2020 and ensures the continuation of key Facility interventions under an additional allocation of €3 billion for the period of 2021-23.
Facility for Refugees in Turkey
The full operational budget of the Facility €6 billion has been committed and contracted, with more than €5.3 billion disbursed.
- Further information on how the Facility works can be found in the Factsheet.
- Website of the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey – List of Projects
- EU Assistance to Refugees in Türkiye 2020-2023 – List of Projects
- Strategic Mid-Term Evaluation of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (2016-2019/20)
Use the mouse wheel or the +/- signs to discover the projects in the region. *Please note that the locations marked on the map are approximate and not the exact coordinates of the projects. *Some projects might have several locations. For ease of reference, nationwide projects are all located in Ankara.
- EU starts implementing Economic and Investment Plan in the Western Balkans - December 17 2020
- Seventh Report on the Progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement - September 06 2017
- The EU–Turkey Statement – One Year On
- Progress report on the Implementation of the European Agenda on Migration
- EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey: Significant Progress in Implementation Achieved
- Sixth Report on the Progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement - June 13 2017
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey: steady progress reported at the sixth Steering Committee – March 31 2017
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey: steady progress reported at the Fifth Steering Committee - 12 January 2017
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey: the EU invests in the education of 70,000 Syrian refugee children
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey: EU signs grants worth €600 million to help refugees on education and health
- Implementing the EU-Turkey Statement – Questions and Answers- 8 December 2016
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey: Commission proposes additional €1.4 billion in support
- New EU package of more than €200 million to support one million refugees from Syria in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey: €47 million to strengthen migration management and to support education of Syrian refugees
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey – Commission Reports on Progress in Fourth Steering Committee
- Implementing the EU-Turkey Statement – Questions and Answers- 28 September 2016
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey – Steering Committee accelerates and scales up implementation
- Managing the Refugee Crisis: Commission reports on implementation of EU-Turkey Statement
- Facility for Refugees in Turkey: Commission delivers an additional €110 million under the implementation of EU-Turkey agreement
- EU announces first projects under the Facility for Refugees in Turkey: €95 million to be provided for immediate educational and humanitarian assistance
- EU approves additional €10 million to help the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia deal with the refugee crisis
- Managing the Refugee Crisis: Commission reports on implementation of EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan
- EU-Turkey Cooperation: A €3 billion Refugee Facility for Turkey
- EU-Turkey joint action plan
- Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa
- Managing the refugee crisis: State of Play of the Implementation of the Priority Actions under the European Agenda on Migration
- EU approves additional €17 million to help Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia cope with refugee influx
- EU-UNICEF: Safer learning for more than 2 million children caught in Syrian conflict
- The European Union Provides Additional €30 million to Support Palestine Refugees through United Nations Relief and Works Agency
- Remarks by Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the EU's support for Western Balkans, Turkey and neighbourhood in the addressing the challenges of refugee crisis
- EU Trust Fund kicks off its actions to address educational and food security needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey
- Commission Implementing Decision on the financing of the individual measure in favour of socio-economic development support and infrastructure services for refugees and host communities in Türkiye following the February 2023 earthquakes
- Commission Implementing Decision of 20.12.2023 on the financing of the individual measure providing post-earthquake support for health and education infrastructure in Türkiye
- Commission Implementing Decision on the financing of the individual measure continuing healthcare support to refugees in Türkiye
- Commision Implementing Decision on the financing of the individual measure to support border management in Türkiye for 2022 and 2023
- Commision Implementing Decision of 7.12.2022 on the financing of the individual measure to continue support for basic needs and transition to livelihoods opportunities for refugees in Türkiye in 2022
- Commission Implementing Decision on the financing of the individual measure to support inclusive quality education for refugees in Turkey
- Commission Implementing Decision on the financing of the individual measure to support migration and border management in Turkey
- Commission Implementing Decision on the financing of the individual measure for the delivery of cash support to the most vulnerable refugees in Türkiye for 2022 and 2023
Annual reports
- Seventh Annual Report on the Facility for refugees in Turkey
- Sixth Annual Report on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- Fifth Annual Report on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- Fourth Annual Report on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- Third Annual Report on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- Second Annual Report on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- First Annual Report on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
Mid-term Evaluation Report
Facility Results Framework Monitoring Reports
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – Main Report – as of December 2023 + Annex
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – Main Report – as of June 2022
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – Annexes – as of June 2022
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – as of December 2021
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – Main Report – as of June 2021
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – Annexes – as of June 2021
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – Main Report – as of December 2020
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – Annexes – as of December 2020
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – as of June 2020
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – as of December 2019
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – as of June 2019
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – as of December 2018
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – as of June 2018
- The Facility Results Framework Monitoring Report – as of July 2017
Results Framework of EU support to refugees in Türkiye
Theory of Change
Commission Decisions establishing the Facility
- COMMISSION DECISION of 11.8.2022 amending Commission Decision C(2015)9500 final on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- COMMISSION DECISION of 24.7.2018 on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey amending Commission Decision C(2015)9500 as regards the contribution to the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- COMMISSION DECISION of 14.3.2018 on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey amending Commission Decision C(2015)9500 as regards the contribution to the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- COMMISSION DECISION of 10.2.2016 on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey amending Commission Decision C(2015) 9500 of 24.11.2015
- COMMISSION DECISION of 24.11.2015 on the coordination of the actions of the Union and of the Member States through a coordination mechanism – the Refugee Facility for Turkey
Commission Implementing Decisions - Special Measures
- Special Measure 2019
- Special Measure 2018
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 11.12.2018 amending Commission Implementing Decision C(2018) 4960 final of 24.7.2018 on the adoption of a special measure on education under the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 24.7.2018 on the adoption of a special measure on education under the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
- Special Measure 2016
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 13.12.2017 amending Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 4999 of 28 July 2016 adopting a Special Measure on education, health, municipal infrastructure and socio-economic support to refugees in Turkey, to be financed from the General Budget of the European Union for the years 2016 and 2017
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 20.7.2017 amending Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 4999 final of 28 July 2016 adopting a Special Measure on education, health, municipal infrastructure and socio-economic support to refugees in Turkey, to be financed from the General Budget of the European Union for the years 2016 and 2017
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 28.7.2016 adopting a Special Measure on education, health, municipal infrastructure and socio-economic support to refugees in Turkey, to be financed from the General Budgetof the European Union for the years 2016 and 2017
- Special Measure on returns
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 20.7.2017 amending Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 2435 final of 19 April 2016 adopting a Special Measure on migrants returned to Turkey, to be financed from thegeneral budget of the European Union
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 19.4.2016 adopting a Special Measure on migrants returned to Turkey, to be financed from the general budget of the European Union
- ANNEX 1 - Special Measure on migration management in Turkey, to be financed from the general budget of the European Union.
Commission Implementing Decisions - Support Measures
- Support Measure 2019
- Support Measure 2017