Tuesday, December 11, 2012

United Nations: 500,000 Syrians Have Fled The Country

Syrian refugees walk along a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Boynuegin in Hatay province June 18, 2011. (Reuters)

Number Of Displaced Syrians Registered In Region Passes Half A Million – UN refugee Agency -- UN News Centre

11 December 2012 – More than half a million Syrian refugees have now been registered or are awaiting registration in neighbouring countries and North Africa, and the numbers are currently climbing by more than 3,000 per day, the United Nations refugee agency announced today.

“According to UNHCR’s latest figures from Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and North Africa, 509,559 Syrians are either already registered or in the process of being registered,” the chief spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Melissa Fleming, told a news briefing in Geneva today.

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More News On Syria's Growing Refugee Crisis

Syria refugees number 'more than 500,000' - UNHCR -- BBC
UN Says Syrian Refugees in Nearby States Exceed 500,000
-- Bloomberg Businessweek
Numbers of Syrian refugees climb as winter nears -- L.A. Times
Number of registered Syrian refugees tops 500,000 - UNHCR -- Reuters
Syrian refugee numbers top half a million -- Al Arabiya
Syrian refugees number more than half a million -- Deutsche Welle
Syrian Refugee Numbers Rise To More Than 500,000 -- Radio Free Europe

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