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Thursday, March 30, 2017
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Number of Syrian refugees tops 5 million, UN says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMore than five million Syrians are now refugees, the UN refugee agency says, as aid groups urged the international community to end the country’s six-year war and provide more assistance.
The new figures mean around a quarter of Syria’s population has fled since the March 2011 start of a conflict that has killed over 320,000 people.
UNHCR urges more international assistance, with spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly calling the figure an “important milestone.”
–AFP
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