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Thursday, December 20, 2012

U.N. Appeals For $1.5 Billion In Aid For Syrian Refugees

U.N. Announces $1.5 Billion Aid Effort For Syrian Refugees -- CNN

(CNN) -- The United Nations has launched humanitarian plans worth $1.5 billion to help ease the suffering of millions of Syrians both inside and outside the country.

More than 525,000 Syrians have already crossed into neighboring countries, the United Nations announced Wednesday, and it estimated that more than a million will flee in the next six months.

The body believes that a quarter of Syria's population needs food, shelter, medical attention, hygiene materials, clothes and other relief after enduring nearly two years of war.

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More News On Syria's Growing Refugee Crisis

U.N. Seeks New Aid for Syria Crisis and Predicts 1 Million Refugees by Mid-2013 -- New York Times
U.N. seeks record $1.5B in aid for Syrians -- UPI
Syrian crisis triggers massive UN aid appeal -- The Guardian
U.N. seeks $1.5 billion to help suffering Syrians -- Reuters
Syria crisis: UN appeals for $1.5bn humanitarian aid -- BBC
U.N. seeks $1.5 billion to help Syria residents and refugees -- L.A. Times
UN requests 1.1 billion euros aid for Syria refugees -- Euronews

My Comment: Too little .... too late. This is something that should have been done months ago.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Syrian Refugees Continue To Pour Into Turkey

Turkey's Refugee Camps Full To Capacity With Syrians Fleeing Bloodshed -- The Telegraph

Turkey's refugee camps are full to capacity with 100,000 fugitives from Syria's bloodshed, the country's government said, suggesting there is no room for thousands more trying to reach safety.

They will have to wait until two new camps, designed to house another 30,000 refugees, have been completed. But about 10,000 people have already gathered at two makeshift camps inside northern Syria, waiting for permission to enter Turkey.

Conditions in these locations are steadily worsening as winter approaches. They are also vulnerable to attack by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, which routinely bombard the area near the Turkish border.

Turkey has replaced its "open door" policy for Syrian refugees with a more restrictive approach, admitting people who need urgent hospital treatment but compelling others to wait until space is available inside established camps.

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My Comment: And winter has not even arrived .... my prediction .... even with Turkey restricting who can enter the country .... I expect these refugee numbers to double by mid-winter. For more info on what is the `human` cost from Syria`s civil war, go here.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Syria's Growing Refugee Crisis

Residents at Zataari refugee camp in Jordan line up outside the UN warehouse for toiletries and basic supplies. The white tents are now a distinctive shade of pink because of the desert storms. (Derek Stoffel/CBC)

UN: Syria Pushes Global Refugee Count Toward 21st-Century Record -- NBC/Reuters

GENEVA -- With tens of thousands fleeing Syria every month, the number of refugees worldwide in 2012 is set to be the highest this century, according to a senior United Nations official.

Antonio Guterres, the body's High Commissioner for Refugees, told his UNHCR agency's executive committee Monday that its ability to cope was being stretched to the limit.

"Already in 2011, as crisis after crisis unfolded, more than 800,000 people crossed borders in search of refuge -- an average of more than 2,000 refugees every day," the former Portuguese prime minister said.

That total had been the highest since the turn of the century "and so far this year more than 700,000 people have fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Sudan and Syria", Guterres said.

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