Irish FM visits Syrian refugee camp

Ireland's Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore on Monday visited a refugee camp in southern Turkey that shelters Syrians who fled the civil war in their country. "The Turkish government shows an example of solidarity and generosity by making great sacrifices to help these people. In addition to a previous Irish contribution, we have allocated an extra eight million euros to continue to help Syrians. When I return home, I will tell the prime minister and officials of the Foreign Ministry about the things I have seen here," Gilmore told journalists. Suphi Atan, a senior Turkish diplomat for Syrian camps in Turkey, and Turkey's Ambassador to Ireland Necip Eguz accompanied Gilmore on his visit in the camp in the Nizip town which shelters some 11 thousand Syrians.