The figures below were reported in today's news - the levels of financial aid given to the Syrian crisis by various countries and organisations. Some of the levels of input are embarrassingly low, but I would like to draw your attention to the entry second from bottom of this list. It seems that the Vatican has seen fit to contribute £6,518 to the crisis. How very Christian, eh? The same amount that it would cost to purchase a year-old Fiat Panda.
Fucking disgraceful.
WHO GIVES WHAT: CASH SPENT AND PLEDGED COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
COUNTRY AID SPENDING
US £2,800,986,584
European Commission £1,041,852,208
UK £920,646,623
Kuwait £764,149,331
Individuals & organisations £638,993,458
Germany £633,585,440
Saudi Arabia £387,077,881
UAE £359,148,206
Canada £341,430,640
Japan £310,032,078
Norway £171,992,010
Qatar £157,992,727
Netherlands £135,988,173
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) £132,481,587
UN agencies £130,667,593
Various (details not yet provided) £125,234,632
Switzerland £114,747,197
Sweden £113,030,788
Australia £98,394,682
Denmark £94,068,068
France £70,017,598
Italy £64,432,296
Finland £40,287,318
Belgium £31,791,564
Ireland £26,782,302
Russian Federation £23,601,492
Spain £20,918,214
Bahrain £16,849,800
Luxembourg £15,707,696
Oman £15,180,000
Iraq £15,157,436
Korea, Republic of £15,108,390
Allocation of funds from Red Cross / Red Crescent £12,307,248
China £9,769,935
Austria £8,843,065
New Zealand £7,326,343
Morocco £5,445,000
Czech Republic £4,491,722
India £3,824,381
Brazil £3,821,400
Poland £3,773,636
Mexico £1,980,000
Algeria £1,320,000
Estonia £1,168,581
Allocation of unearmarked funds by IGOs £866,611
Monaco £758,898
Croatia £695,665
Brunei Darussalam £660,000
Mauritania £660,000
Turkey £660,000
Hungary £485,200
Bulgaria £483,115
Romania £363,000
Ecuador £330,000
Indonesia £330,000
Malaysia £330,000
Iceland £267,300
Greece £260,187
Portugal £214,014
Colombia £198,000
Slovenia £173,584
Liechtenstein £170,807
Slovakia £170,426
Lithuania £161,451
Uruguay £151,807
Botswana £132,000
Chile £132,000
Kazakhstan £132,000
Latvia £118,776
Malta £102,099
South Africa £61,687
Cyprus £39,197
Andorra £33,987
Georgia £33,000
Mongolia £6,600
Holy See £6,518
Montenegro £3,300
Source: Financial Tracking Service
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