The United Nations refugee agency says 28 countries have agreed to take in more than 100,000 refugees from Syria.

The pledge announced at a meeting in Geneva comes days after Amnesty International said some affluent nations have taken in a "pitiful" number of refugees.

More than 3 million Syrians have fled fighting in the last three years.

In a moment we'll hear how some refugees have been given a new home in Crete.

Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports.
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