President Jose Manuel Barroso said:"The conflict in Syria has consumed tens of thousands of lives, uprooted millions from their homes, destabilised the region and consigned an entire generation of the young to an uncertain future.

14. Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia-type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their ...[+++]home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers;

136. Calls on the Commission, as soon as possible, to submit the legislative proposal on an effective European whistleblowers protection programme as far as crossborder corruption and corruption affecting the EU’s financial interests are concerned and on the protection of witnesses and informers, in particular with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they may have to live, ranging from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion;

Millions of Syrians are affected by this conflict and hundreds of thousands are uprooted and on the move in search of safety,” Mr Guterres said".

That is a fundamental reality that I certainly thought members of the Conservative Party understood they obviously don't that people can't uproot their families, can't uproot themselves from their communities, and travel 5,000 kilometres to come here to work.

key foodstuffs and cooking fuel for some 60,000 refugees in two camps; safe water, sanitation and basic healthcare for a further 60,000 uprooted people along the border; assistance to mine victims and refugees suffering from serious physical handicaps, together with mine awareness activities for refugee communities.