The Manx government is to fund help for refugees who have landed in the Greek island of Lesbos.
The International Development Committee of the Council of Ministers has allocated £30,000, which will support Human Appeal International’s delivery of front-line relief for Syrian refugees in the island.
It will help Human Appeal International’s work in Lesbos, which is a few miles off the coast of Turkey and which has become the main access point for Syrian refugees entering Europe.
This will build on the emergency aid provided by the Isle of Man since the conflict began in Syria.
A further £20,000 of emergency aid to UNICEF UK will protect children in the aftermath of Typhoon Koppu in the Philippines.
UNICEF UK is responding to the crisis in the Philippines where 1.4 million people continue to be affected as a result of the 12th tropical cyclone to hit the country in the past 12 months.
There are currently 424 evacuation centres hosting 24,000 families, with a further 96,500 families displaced as a result of the widespread destruction.
Hospitals, clinics, early learning centres and schools have all been disrupted, while the impact on safe drinking water and sanitation has increased the risk of disease.
Funding from the International Development Committee will help UNICEF UK to provide essential supplies to those most in need.
Phil Gawne MHK, chair of the International Development Committee, said: ‘These charities urgently need funding to deliver vital food, shelter and medical supplies in countries devastated by conflict and natural disasters.
‘The support from the Isle of Man will add to donations from other nations to improve the lives of thousands of vulnerable people.’