G7 and Gulf States to allocate $1.8 bln to refugees

G7 countries, ten other European countries, and the Gulf States have agreed to provide the UN humanitarian organizations with $1.8 billion to assist refugees and displaced persons around the world, according to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Zeit reports.

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Germany will allocate $100 million of this amount, according to Steinmeier who spoke at a press conference in New York following the ministerial meeting of the G7 and partners, the report says.

Read alsoMigrant crisis: Juncker announces refugee quota planAs of today, a total of $20 billion is required for humanitarian assistance to the needy throughout the world in 2015, he added.

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