Three billion dollars was pledged at the three-day ministerial gathering in Geneva to help people fleeing their countries to escape war and conflict.

The three billion dollars pledged in Geneva  is in addition to the more than two billion dollars  pledged by the World Bank to help re-house refugees and finance 50 000 resettlement centres.

Germany, which has taken in hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees is giving 1,7 billion euros.

The United States under President Donald Trump is a dark cloud over this issue. The limit of 18 000 refugees imposed for 2020 is the lowest  figure in modern American history.

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The principled stand by Medicines Sans Frontiers against what it calls Europe’s refugee shame will cost it more than $60 million a year.

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Medicines Sans Frontier say the European deal struck with Turkey to take back mainly Syrian migrants who cross the Agean to Greece goes against fundamental principles of providing assistance to people in need.

And MSF objects to Europe paying what it calls African dictators to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean to gain access to Europe.

MSF itself has rescue vessels patrolling the sea that have saved around 3 500 people since April.

The charity will keep operating because it receives more than 90 percent of its funding from private sources.

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