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PM urges EU nations to fund refugee camps around Syria

David Cameron has visited camps in Lebanon and Jordan to meet Syrian refugees who have fled their country's civil war.

The Prime Minister has called on other EU countries to "step up to the plate" and follow Britain's lead by funding refugee camps around Syria.

Mr Cameron said there was a "direct connection" between shortfalls in aid for camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey and the influx of migrants into Europe.

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Hollande says France will accept 24,000 refugees

France will accept 24,000 refugees under a plan by the European Commission, President François Hollande has announced.

Speaking today, Hollande said he will propose an international conference on refugees in France, as he said the migrant crisis "can and will" be brought under control.

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