a few seconds agoEU to send over 1,000 rescuers, 70 dogs to Turkey
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Twenty-seven rescue search teams have been mobilised to seek survival in Turkey, European Crisis Commissioner Janez Lenarch said. “EU solidarity is at the best level”, he wrote on Twitter. Units are from 19 European states, including two states that are not part of the EU, Albania and Mali [...]
“The EU solidarity is at the best level”, he wrote on Twitter.
The units are from 19 European states, including two states that are not part of the EU, Albania and Montenegro.
In total, 1,150 rescuers and 70 dogs will be sent to Turkey.
Their detection is co-ordinated based on the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Through this mechanism, countries can apply for emergency assistance from the EU and the states that participate in this mechanism.
On January 6th, Turkey was hit by two powerful earthquakes of over 7 magnitude. In Turkey and Syria, over 5,000 people have been killed and thousands more have disappeared.
