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Minister of State Joe Costello Photocall Ireland

Government announces further €1 million in aid for Syria refugees

Minister Joe Costello says the crisis equates to “almost every child under the age of eighteen being forced to flee their homes”.

MINISTER FOR TRADE and Development Joe Costello has announced the State will provide another €1 million in humanitarian aid for refugees fleeing from the crisis in Syria.

The funding will support United Nations agencies as they provide food, water, sanitation, protection and shelter to those escaping the escalating conflict.

The announcement comes as the UN confirms that the number of refugees from the conflict has passed the 2 million mark – with children making up half of that number.

“The recent announcement that one million Syrian children are now refugees is yet another stark reminder of the immense human suffering caused by this horrific civil war,” Costello said.

“To put this statistic into context, in Ireland this figure equates to almost every child under the age of eighteen being forced to flee their homes.

“These children have suffered terrible trauma and lost their homes. In addition, this generation of Syrian children is losing out on a normal education due to displacement.

This latest contribution brings Ireland’s total support for those affected by in Syria and neighbouring countries by the crisis to almost €11 million.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore will discuss the situation at a meeting of EU foreign ministers beginning on Friday in Lithuania. US Secretary of State John Kerry will also attend.

A statement from the Department says “Ireland fully supports efforts to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis”.

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    Jul 25th 2014, 9:24 AM

    “The scale of the problem”… Brilliant

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    Jul 25th 2014, 10:34 AM

    You tell em ed!

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    Jul 25th 2014, 9:03 AM

    Time to lockout all Irish rail workers until they learn manners, a few months going hungry would help them reevaluate their priorities

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    Jul 25th 2014, 9:45 AM

    note to Obama, a company is not a person and therefore cannot renounce their citizenship

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    Jul 25th 2014, 9:51 AM

    Not what you meant, but notable http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

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    Jul 25th 2014, 11:21 AM

    A reasonable and sensible addition of information to a comment thread!? Get out of here Robert, there’s no place for your kind here.

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    Jul 25th 2014, 7:51 PM

    Note to Declan…wake up.Corporations have been people since before Obama’s presidency

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    Jul 25th 2014, 9:09 AM

    mislabelling of fish in shops gets gets a mention on 9 at 9 but nothing about the poor 13 year old boy who drowned in drogheda yesterday, well done the journal.

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    Jul 25th 2014, 9:10 AM

    Hi Ken, that was the top story in our News Fix last night: http://jrnl.ie/1588309

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    Jul 25th 2014, 9:36 AM

    sorry nicky my mistake you can remove that comment if you wish

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    Jul 25th 2014, 10:28 AM

    The fish packaging saga, the scale of the issue is not yet know! Oh the puns they hurt!

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