EU commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva gives a press conference on on the latest developments in the European Commission's humanitarian assistance to Syria on September 7, 2012. (AFP)
The European Commission announced on Sunday an additional 65 million euros ($84 million) in aid for Syrian refugees and internally displaced, warning the crisis is “already at breaking point”.
The announcement was made in a statement released to coincide with a visit to Syrian refugees in Jordan by humanitarian aid commissioner Kristalina Georgieva.
“The more atrocities and fighting go on in Syria, the more people run. There are no indications whatsoever that this ... is going to go down,” Georgieva told AFP after visiting the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan’s north..................
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