EU increases humanitarian aid to €10m

AID for the increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in Libya is to be increased substantially, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said.

He joined in the international condemnation of Colonel Gaddafi saying it was time for him to go and give the country back to the people of Libya. “The situation we are seeing in Libya is simply outrageous. We cannot accept this,” he said.

The initial €3 million in aid is being increased to €10m, targeting mainly medical and food aid, shelter and other necessities to refugees at the Egyptian and Tunisian borders.