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Now UN could hike price of flights, concerts and football matches to pay for refugees

 
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Now UN could hike price of flights, concerts and football matches to pay for refugees
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."


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