Nearly 2,500 babies were born in 17 camps hosting Syrians who fled from the violence in the neighboring country, while the number of Syrians at these camps numbers over 185,000, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said, according to Hurriyet Daily News.

“Turkey itself is doing its utmost to shoulder a large part of the humanitarian catastrophe. The figures I will share now are striking to show the level of human rights violations,” Davutoğlu said in a speech delivered at the High-Level Panel during the 22nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva.

“More importantly, 2,490 babies were born in those camps. Those children could have been born or educated in their country, in peace. But their basic rights have been violated. For us, it is a challenging responsibility with great costs. Turkey has so far spent more than 600 million U.S. dollars. But no matter how difficult the challenge is, we will continue our open-door policy and stand by our Syrian brothers and sisters,” Davutoğlu said.