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PM urges EU nations to fund refugee camps around Syria

David Cameron has visited camps in Lebanon and Jordan to meet Syrian refugees who have fled their country's civil war.

The Prime Minister has called on other EU countries to "step up to the plate" and follow Britain's lead by funding refugee camps around Syria.

Mr Cameron said there was a "direct connection" between shortfalls in aid for camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey and the influx of migrants into Europe.

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Cameron: UK to give an extra £100m aid for refugees

David Cameron in Madrid where he announced £100m extra in humanitarian aid. Credit: Reuters

Britain is to provide an additional £100 million in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today.

The extra funds bring the total to £1 billion allocated to address the refugee crisis.

Today I can announce that we will provide a further £100 million, taking our total contribution to over £1 billion. That is the UK's largest ever response to a humanitarian crisis. No other European country has come close to this level of support.

£60 million of this additional funding will go to help Syrians still in Syria. The rest will go to neighbouring countries, to Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, where Syrian refugees now account for one quarter of the population.

Britain's aid is supporting these camps. If we were not doing that, the numbers attempting the dangerous journey to Europe would be far, far higher.

– Prime Minister David Cameron

Earlier today, Cameron said Britain would take in "thousands more" Syrian refugees.

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