Development Neven Mimica

A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017. 

Volkan Bozk?r, Turkey's EU minister and its chief negotiator with the bloc, has warned the EU that a delay in the delivery of migration funds worth 3 billion euros to Turkey would also cause a delay in implementing more effective measures to handle refugees in the country.

Turkey's European Union minister and its chief negotiator with the bloc, Volkan Bozk?r, flew to France on Feb. 2 to hold official meetings in Paris and Brussels between Feb. 3 and Feb. 5. 

In Paris, Bozk?r is scheduled to meet with French Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Desir at a working lunch on Feb. 3, a statement by the EU Ministry has said.

Turkey's EU minister and its chief negotiator with the bloc, Volkan Bozk?r, will be holding official meetings in Paris and Brussels between Feb. 3 and 5, a statement by the EU Ministry has said.

The EU is to strengthen cooperation on migration and economic development with African partners by allocating EUR 1.8 B to the Union's Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.

This is expected to happen at the international summit on migration, which is taking place in Valletta on Wednesday and Thursday.