Poland will give €3 million in aid to Syrian war victims

Prime Minister Beata Szydło declared on Wednesday that Poland will give €3 million to an international fund designed to help victims of the Syrian Civil War, TVN24 reports. Szydło made this announcement in London, ahead of the Thursday "Supporting Syria Conference", at which the UK pledged to give more than £2.3 billion to the same fund. Germany likewise declared it will provide €2.3 billion in aid by 2018, with with €1.2 billion coming this year. Among the members of the Visegrad Group, Poland's contribution is the smallest: the Czech Republic will give €7 million, Hungary €5 million and Slovakia €4,7 million. In related news, the EU announced on Wednesday that it will finance the building of a €3 billion refugee facility in Turkey. For that undertaking, Poland agreed to give €57 million in financial contributions.