The European Commission said on Tuesday it could consider increasing financial assistance to Hungary to help the country tackle a growing migrant influx.
European Commission spokesperson Natasha Bertaud told a daily briefing in Brussels the EU executive body could designate Hungary as a “front line state” along with Greece, Italy and Malta in order to release the additional money, according to euronews.com.
Bertaud also said that in the 2014-2020 programming period Hungary is likely to receive over EUR 85M for managing the migration crisis but a EUR 8M emergency assistance would be added to help the country cope with the surge in …read more
Source: Novinite
