Prime Minister David Cameron has called on other EU countries to follow Britain’s lead by funding refugee camps in countries neighbouring Syria.
Speaking during a visit to Lebanon and Jordan, he said a failure to boost spending for such camps would mean many more people would try to reach Europe.
Mr Cameron said the UK had given £1bn in aid and urged “others to step up”.
It comes a week after the UK said it would resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.