The UK, Germany, Kuwait, Norway and the UN are co-hosting a conference on the Syria crisis in London on Thursday aiming to bring together world leaders to raise$9bn (£6bn) in international aid for people caught up in the conflict.
To date, donor countries have fallen short of the requirements set down by the UN. The UNCHR funding appeal for refugees displaced in the region around Syria stood at $4.3bn last year. But as of the end of January it had received only 61% ($2.6bn) of the target amount. The UK has been one of the most generous donors, committing more than £1.1bn in humanitarian funding to Syria.
Separately, the European commission has said it will spend €9.2bn (£7bn) in total on the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016 as part of its migration agenda. Member states are committed to deploying national match funding to the programme. However, many have fallen short.
Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria in 2011, 4.6 million Syrian refugees have fled to neighbouring countries including Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq, while a further 7.6 million people are thought to be displaced within Syria.
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