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Japan Eyes 300 M. Yen to Protect Syrian Refugees against Cold

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at a meeting with visiting U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, announced that Tokyo will provide 300 million yen in aid to help protect Syrian refugees in Europe against the cold. The money, part of Japan's 3.9-billion-yen annual contributions to the Office of the UNHCR, will be used for the purchase of heating equipment for refugee facilities and other measures against the cold. Guterres showed his gratitude for the assistance, saying that activities of his office would be totally impossible without support from the Japanese government as the current refugee crisis is one of the biggest since the end of World War II. The Abe-Guterres meeting was joined by Helen Clark, head of the U.N. Development Program. Abe showed his intentions to increase Japanese staff at the Office of the UNHCR and the UNDP. END

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