Saturday, August 30, 2014

3M Syrian Refugees Register in Foreign Nations; Another 6.5M Displaced in Syria Due to Civil War

Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighboring countries as of today (August 30, 2014) -- an exodus that began with Syria's civil war in March 2011 and shows no sign of abating -- the United Nations said, according to the News Daily website.

The record figure is one million refugees more than a year ago, while a further 6.5 million are displaced within Syria, meaning that "almost half of all Syrians have now been forced to abandon their homes and flee for their lives," it said.

"The Syrian crisis has become the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era, yet the world is failing to meet the needs of refugees and the countries hosting them," Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement.

The vast majority remain in neighboring countries, with the highest concentrations in Lebanon (1.14 million), Turkey (815,000), and Jordan (608,000), the UNHCR said. Some 215,000 refugees are in Iraq with the rest in Egypt and other nations.

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