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Oxfam launches £12m emergency appeal - UN appeal only three per cent funded
The Syria refugee crisis is accelerating with a dramatic increase in the numbers of people flowing across borders, international aid agency Oxfam warned today as it launched a £12m appeal to help up to 120,000 people. In Jordan alone there has been a three-fold increase in the daily rate of people crossing from Syria in the last week.
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The equivalent of nearly £200 per household is being lost through illegal tax evasion as 220,000 people in the UK are forced to go to charity foodbanks. Whilst many people in the UK are submitting their tax returns today, new figures... Read more
Oxfam today welcomed a speech by Ivan Lewis, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development calling for global targets to reduce inequality and action to protect scarce planetary resources. Phil Bloomer, Oxfam Campaigns and Policy... Read more
Welcoming generous donations to the UN humanitarian appeal for Syria, Nigel Timmins, Oxfam's Deputy Humanitarian Director, who visited Zaatari camp in Jordan today, said: "We welcome these generous pledges from the... Read more
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