The European Union hosted the “Brussels VI Conference on Supporting the future of Syria and the region“ on Tuesday to collect donations for the Syrian refugees and the countries hosting them.
“Despite a war at our doorstep, the European Union does not forget other conflicts,” the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement ahead of the Brussels conference, referring to the war in Ukraine.
“Millions of people inside Syria and in the region depend every day on humanitarian assistance,” Borrell said.
More than 13 million people either fled Syria or were internally displaced since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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