Leaders gather to raise cash for Syrians
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World leaders will gather in London tomorrow to try to raise US$9 billion for the millions of Syrians hit by the country’s civil war and a refugee crisis spanning Europe and the Middle East.
The donor conference, the fourth of its kind, hopes to meet the United Nations’ demand for US$7.73 billion to help in Syria plus US$1.23 billion assistance for countries in the region affected by the crisis.
British Prime Minister David Cameron will host more than 70 international leaders at the summit, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Jordan hosts more than 630,000 Syrian refugees and Abdullah yesterday warned his debt-riddled country needed help to ease the burden or Europe would face the consequences.
“Sooner or later, I think, the dam is going to burst,” he told the BBC.
He said the kingdom could be “forced to take painful measures that will lead to a greater influx of refugees to Europe if Jordan is left on its own to deal with the consequences of the Syria crisis.”
The Syrian war has claimed more than 260,000 lives and caused a major humanitarian crisis.
The conflict has forced 4.6 million Syrians to seek refuge in countries in the region — Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt — while hundreds of thousands have attempted to reach Europe, sometimes paying with their lives while making the risky Mediterranean Sea crossing.
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