The increase in funding from an initial 10 million US dollars (£6.2 million) for the disaster-struck country will be announced at a meeting of European Union development ministers in Brussels.
The Government has trebled the amount of money it is giving in aid to the Haiti earthquake appeal to more than 32 million US dollars (£20 million).
The increase in funding from an initial 10 million US dollars (£6.2 million) for the disaster-struck country will be announced at a meeting of European Union development ministers in Brussels.