“We will do everything in our power to support Mayotte,” declared European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib.
The European Union will provide emergency accommodation, hygiene kits and medical tents to victims of Cyclone Chido which devastated the French archipelago of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, a spokesperson for the European Commission announced on Friday. . In response to a request from the French authorities, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Belgium made this first humanitarian aid available, said spokesperson Eva Hrncirova. The request from the French authorities concerns 10,000 tents and emergency accommodation to accommodate affected families.
“We will do everything in our power to support Mayotte”declared Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner responsible for crisis management, quoted in a press release. The European Commission will also release 900,000 euros to help Mozambique, also affected by the same cyclone last weekend. Five flights, as part of a humanitarian airlift, will provide Mozambique with 60 tonnes of emergency aid, including accommodation materials.
According to provisional figures, 31 deaths and some 2,500 injuries were officially recorded in Mayotte after the passage of this devastating cyclone, which also left at least 73 dead in Mozambique.
