Donors and diplomats met for a seventh straight year in Brussels this week to raise money for Syria's ongoing humanitarian crisis. They pledged [7] a total of 5.6 billion euros ($6.1 billion) for "2023 and beyond," including 4.6 billion euros ($1 billion) for this year. The money will be used to support people both inside Syria and in neighboring countries hosting Syrian refugees. Aid groups [8] have said the amount isn't enough [9] given growing needs within Syria and for Syrian refugees, many of whom face increasing pressure [10] to return to a country still at war. The UN has so far received [11] 11.6% of the $5.41 billion it says it needs for aid to Syrians in 2023, and that doesn't include assistance for refugees. Low funding levels have led to cuts in various forms of aid, including food rations in a place where millions are struggling [12] to get by.
From The New Humanitarian [14], June 16
See our last reports on summary deportation [15] of Syrian refugees, the ongoing war and humnaitarian crisis [16], and the dilemmas of aid delivery [17].
