Billionaire Soros to invest $500 million to help migrants, refugees: WSJ

[September 20, 2016]  (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros said in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that he would invest $500 million to meet the needs of migrants and refugees.

Business magnate George Soros arrives to speak at the Open Russia Club in London, Britain June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

The investment comes in response to the Obama administration's "Call to Action" initiative, asking U.S. companies to help ease the migrant crisis. (http://on.wsj.com/2cE0JnK)

Soros, founder of the Open Society Foundations, also said he plans to work closely with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Rescue Committee to guide his investments.

This comes a day after the ceasefire between the U.S. and Russia in Syria ended, after a Syrian or Russian aircraft attacked an aid convoy near Aleppo.

Open Society Foundations was not immediately available for comment.

(Reporting by Parikshit Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil Nair)

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