{"id":35067,"date":"2013-03-06T14:20:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T12:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=35067"},"modified":"2013-03-06T14:20:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T12:20:36","slug":"syria-civil-warun-said-one-million-refugees-since-the-start-of-the-syrian-civil-war-syrian-conflict-news-35067","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/syria-civil-warun-said-one-million-refugees-since-the-start-of-the-syrian-civil-war-syrian-conflict-news-35067\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Civil War:UN said one million refugees since the start of the Syrian civil war \/ Syrian Conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The number of Syrians who have fled their conflict-riven homeland has hit one million since fighting broke out two years ago, the United Nation’s refugee agency has said.<\/h1>\n

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees also warned that millions more are still displaced in Syria.<\/p>\n

“With a million people in flight, millions more displaced internally, and thousands of people continuing to cross the border every day, Syria is spiralling towards full-scale disaster,” Antonio Guterres said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The figure is based on reports from his agency’s field offices in neighbouring countries that have provided refuge for Syrians escaping the civil war.<\/p>\n

The number of refugees has swelled dramatically this year, with most Syrians pouring into Lebanon (327,896), Jordan (316,863), Turkey (184,585), Iraq (105,326) and Egypt (32,405).<\/p>\n

A further 33,244 have fled to Europe.<\/p>\n

Around half the refugees are children; the majority under 11.<\/p>\n

More than 400,000 people have become refugees since January 1. They often arrive in neighbouring countries “traumatised, without possessions and having lost members of their families,” Mr Guterres said.<\/p>\n

He added: “We are doing everything we can to help, but the international humanitarian response capacity is dangerously stretched. This tragedy has to be stopped.”<\/p>\n

Syria’s uprising began in March 2011 with protests against President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian rule. After the\u00a0government cracked down on demonstrators, the opposition took up arms and the conflict turned into a full-blown civil war.<\/p>\n

The UN estimates that more than 70,000 people have been killed, while the relentless violence has devastated many cities and forced Syrians to seek refuge abroad.<\/p>\n

In December, the UN estimated that 1.1 million Syrian refugees would arrive in neighbouring countries by the end of June this year.<\/p>\n

At that time its regional response plan was only 25% funded, but it is now in the process of adjusting it in light of the new figures.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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