OTTAWA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Canada will give an extra C$100
million ($75 million) to the United Nations' refugee agency to
help it deal with the Syrian crisis, International Development
Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Thursday.
Bibeau told reporters that the money would help the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees provide shelter,
protection, education and health to some of the millions
affected by the Syrian civil war.
The money will also be used to identify, contact and counsel
Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey eligible for
resettlement. Canada says it will accept 25,000 Syrian refugees
by the end of February 2016.
Bibeau said that since the Syrian crisis began, Canada had
committed over C$969 million in funds for humanitarian
assistance, development projects and security and stability
initiatives.
($1=$1.33 Canadian)