The UN is calling on countries to take on 180,000 Syrian refugees. The figure represents just five percent of the projected refugee population by the end of 2015.
More than 30 humanitarian organisations launched the appeal ahead of a crisis conference in Geneva on Tuesday.
At least 3.2 million people have fled Syria since the civil war began in 2011 and neighbouring countries are feeling the strain.
Turkey and Lebanon each host one million refugees. Amnesty International blasted Gulf countries who have failed a resettle a single Syrian refugee.
“Humanitarian needs in the world are growing and are growing exponentially. And obviously the funds available to respond to them are not growing, are not growing at the same path. Not only we are having less money to more need, but we are having more restricted money in the ways we can use it to respond to these needs,” explained Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, euronews informs.
