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Now UN could hike price of flights, concerts and football matches to pay for refugees | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 43618322 United Kingdom 01/18/2016 07:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | UNITED Nations bureaucrats have suggested hiking the price of flights and football matches in a bid to tackle the global refugee crisis. The cost of fuel, Uber taxi rides and concert tickets could also rise if the so-called 'solidarity levies' are introduced. The levies have been floated to plug a $15 billion (£10.5billion) funding gap for humanitarian crises. A spokesman said the "additional revenues" could "support the provision of health services" in refugee camps. A new UN report also suggests tapping into the billions generated every year by zakat, an obligation to be charitable for Muslim followers. The donations total as much as $816 billion (£572.5 million) annually, according to the Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Development Bank. The report says: "The very real potential is there for Islamic finance to provide solutions to the global humanitarian financing problem." [link to www.express.co.uk] |
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