United Nations: Nearly Half the Syrian Population Now Refugees

The number of people who have fled Syria has passed a record 3 million since the conflict began three years ago, the United Nations reported Friday.

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The U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in a statement that almost half of all Syrians have been forced to abandon their homes and flee. One in every eight Syrians have fled to other countries, with an additional 6.5 million people displaced within Syria. More than half of those uprooted are children.

"Syrians are now the world's largest refugee population under UNHCR care, second only in number to the decades-long Palestinian crisis," UNHCR said in a statement. "The Syria operation is now the largest in UNHCR's 64-year history." Read more...

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