UK’s prime minister visits refugee camp in Lebanon

British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, shakes hands with his Lebanese counterpart, Tammam Salam, on his arrival to the Lebanese Government House, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. British Prime Minister David Cameron met Monday in Lebanon with Syrian refugees who will resettle in Britain and vowed to continue his country?s support to Lebanese troops fighting extremists of the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, Pool)

UK’s prime minister David Cameron visited one of the Syrian refugees camps in Lebanon, to hold talks on the refugee crisis with his Lebanese counterpart Tammam Salam.

Cameron announced earlier this month that Britain would take in 20,000 more Syrian refugees, amid growing pressure at home and abroad to address the crisis. The country has taken in around 5,000 since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, according to AFP.

Cameron recently revealed plans to provide an extra £100 million in aid, bringing Britain’s total contribution to £1 billion (1.36 billion euros, $1.55 billion), according to government figures.

Around £40 million of this will be allocated to the UN and NGOs working in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey to provide shelter, food, relief packages, health and protection services, as well as cash assistance, Downing Street said Monday.

Cameron announced that they’ve appointed a minister to deal specifically with the 20,000 Syrian refugees that the country has agreed to resettle over the next five years from camps bordering the war-torn country.