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World leaders promise billions in Syrian refugee aid

World leaders have pledged billions of pounds in aid for refugees affected by the Syrian civil war at a conference in London.

David Cameron has promised to double UK aid to support refugees fleeing Syria. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State John Kerry have also pledged more money.

The United Nations is asking for around £5.5 billion this year to cope with the humanitarian disaster caused by the Syrian civil war.

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Turkish PM: 60-70,000 more refugees leaving Syria

Turkey's PM, Ahmet Davutoglu told the conference that hundreds and thousands of people from Syria are ready to move into his country. Credit: Reuters

Turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu told the conference for Syria that he expects thousands more refugees to cross the border into his country.

Turkey is already hosting more than 2.5 million refugees but up to 70,000 more were on the move towards the country to escape aerial bombardments on Aleppo, he said.

And he said that hundreds of thousands more will come from Syria as the civil war continues.

Sixty to seventy thousand people in the camps in north Aleppo are moving towards Turkey. My mind is not now in London, but on our border - how to relocate these new people coming from Syria?

Three hundred thousand people living in Aleppo are ready to move towards Turkey.

– Turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu

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