£12m appeal launched for refugees
Monday 28 January 2013
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EmailOxfam launched a £12 million emergency appeal today to help thousands of Syrian refugees.
The charity hopes to help up to 120,000 people who have fled from the violence in Syria to neighbouring countries.
Oxfam's Syria manger Francis Lacasse said families had faced bombs and bullets to escape and were now struggling with "one of the most brutal winters in the last two decades with almost nothing.
"Most families have to rely on the generosity of relatives and neighbours."
An estimated 670,000 people have left Syria since fighting began in March 2011 but Oxfam said the pace was quickening.
It said the number of people crossing into Jordan had trebled in the past week.
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