ECHO Daily Map of 5 June 2020

Published on June 5, 2020

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Commission adds planes to rescEU fleet to prepare for summer forest fires

June 5, 2020
To prepare for the risk of forest fires during the upcoming summer, the EU is further reinforcing its European fleet of firefighting aircraft under the rescEU system. The EU is financing purchases by the Swedish government of 2 new firefighting airplanes to add to the reserve. This adds up to a total of 13 airplanes and 6 helicopters that will be part of the EU-funded rescEU fleet in 2020.

Coronavirus global response: EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flights to the Democratic Republic of Congo

June 7, 2020
The EU Humanitarian Air Bridge is operating 3 flights to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carrying on board humanitarian workers and essential supplies to help the country tackle the coronavirus pandemic.A first flight to DRC is leaving today with Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management on board, together with Philippe Goffin, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and of D