The Growing Syrian Refugee Crisis

Syria Refugee Crisis Is 'Greatest Humanitarian Tragedy Of Our Times': UN -- NBC

Syria’s deepening refugee hunger crisis is one of the worst in the 50-year history of the UN World Food Programme, its top official in the country said Wednesday.

More than 2.3 million people have already fled to makeshift camps in neighboring countries, and the U.N. believes the number will grow next year if the deadly civil war continues. Some 6.5 million people are displaced inside Syria.

Fear of the winter has given rise to desperation in the refugee camps where nothing more than tent sheeting stands between the displaced and the bitter cold.

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More News On The Growing Syrian Refugee Crisis

U.N. heads, EU call for humanitarian ceasefire in Syria -- Reuters
Europe extends humanitarian hand to Syrians -- UPI
Calls for ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ in Syria as EU pledges more aid -- Euronews
EU and U.N. Partner to Reach Millions of Syrians in Desperate Need of Humanitarian Assistance -- Digital Journal
Europe's border nations: We're not ready for more Syrian refugees. -- Christian Science Monitor