UNHCR[1]:
More than 4 million Syrians are refugees
The UNCHR
report found there are more than 4 million Syrian refugees and 7.6 million
people displaced[2]
in Syria
July 9, 2015
UN says number of Syrian refugees exceeds 4
million 2:34
Al Jazeera
America News July 9, 2015
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The number of Syrians who have fled[3] abroad since the
outbreak of civil war[4] in their country has
risen to more than 4 million, the largest number from any crisis[5] in almost 25 years,
the United Nations said Thursday.
A recent wave
of people leaving Syria and an update of Turkish statistics[6] confirm[7]
the milestone, according to the U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR.
UNHCR said a
surge[8]
in new refugee arrivals in Turkey had pushed[9]
the total number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries to over 4,013,000
people. An additional 7.6 million people are displaced inside Syria, the report
said.
"This is
the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation,"
said U.N. High Commissioner[10]
for Refugees Antonio Guterres in a statement[11]. "It is a
population that needs the support of the world but is instead living in dire[12]
conditions and sinking[13]
deeper into poverty."
(Ruby: I ‘didn’t
put the figure here.)
The new figure
shows that the flow[14]
of refugees is accelerating[15]
only 10 months after the agency recorded more than 3 million Syrians fleeing
their country.
Turkey has
seen much of the recent flow. In June alone, according to UNHCR, more than
24,000 people arrived from northern Syria amid fighting between Islamic State[16]
in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurds. The more than 1.8 million Syrians in
Turkey have made it the biggest host[17] of refugees in the
world.
Nearly 249,726
refugees have been sheltered[18]
in Iraq, while Jordan hosts 629,128 and Egypt and Lebanon are home to 132,375
and 1,172,753 respectively[19].
The report
does not include 270,000 asylum[20]
applications[21]
by Syrians in Europe, and the thousands of others resettled[22] from the region
elsewhere.
The Syrian
conflict has entered in its fifth year but with little hope in sight of a
possible solution as many seek refuge in Western Europe, taking increasingly
risky paths as European countries resist[23] the flow.
“Worsening
conditions are driving growing numbers towards Europe and further afield[24],
but the overwhelming[25]
majority remain in the region,” Guterres said. “We cannot afford to let them
and the communities hosting them [slide further into desperation][26].”
UNHCR's appeal
for[27]
$5.5 billion to support the Syrian refugees in 2015 is only 24 percent funded.
The U.N. World Food Program has already cut rations[28] for refugees because
of a lack of cash.
About 86
percent of the 630,000 in Jordan live below the poverty line of $3.2 per day,
the UNHCR statement said, while more than half of the 1.173 million Syrians in
Lebanon live in sub-standard[29]
shelters.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/9/unhcr-syrian-refugees-cross-four-million-mark.html
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- Syrian, Europe, and Turkey's people
WHEN- 2015.07.09
WHAT- Flow of refugees moving into other countries
WHY- Conflict in Syria
WHERE- Turkey
HOW- sad, unpeaceful, poor
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/9/unhcr-syrian-refugees-cross-four-million-mark.html
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- Syrian, Europe, and Turkey's people
WHEN- 2015.07.09
WHAT- Flow of refugees moving into other countries
WHY- Conflict in Syria
WHERE- Turkey
HOW- sad, unpeaceful, poor
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