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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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Pakistani migrant dies in Hungary

Hundreds of migrants have been held at Bicske station since yesterday. Credit: Reuters

A Pakistani migrant in Hungary has died after falling on train tracks when a group of around 350 migrants escaped from a train station where they were being held by authorities, police said.

Police claim they did not chase the group and that the man collapsed about 800m from Bicske station- where a train had been held since yesterday.

State television reports say the man fell and hit his head on the tracks.

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