NUMBER OF SYRIAN REFUGEES TOPS 2 MILLION, WITH ‘MORE ON THE WAY,’ – UN AGENCY

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NUMBER OF SYRIAN REFUGEES TOPS 2 MILLION, WITH 'MORE ON THE WAY,' – UN
AGENCYNew York, Sep 3 2013 12:00PMWith an estimated 5,000 desperate
Syrians fleeing their homes every day, the spiralling violence in the
country has now created more than 2 million refugees, the United
Nations refugee agency announced today, adding that there is no sign
the "humanitarian calamity" will end anytime soon.

"The war is now well into its third year and Syria is haemorrhaging
women, children and men who cross borders often with little more than
the clothes on their backs," the Office of the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement released to mark the
milestone. "This trend is nothing less than alarming, representing a
jump of almost 1.8 million people in 12 months."

One year ago today, the number of Syrians registered as refugees or
awaiting registration stood at about 230,670 people.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said Syria had
become "a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and
displacement unparalleled in recent history." He added that "the only
solace is the humanity shown by the neighbouring countries in
welcoming and saving the lives of so many refugees."

More than 97 per cent of Syria's refugees are hosted by countries in
the immediate surrounding region. As of the end August, the number of
Syrians registered as refugees or pending registration was 110,000 in
Egypt, 168,000 in Iraq, 515,000 in Jordan, 716,000 in Lebanon and
460,000 in Turkey. Over half of them are children under 17 years of
age.

The refugee crisis has placed an overwhelming burden on the host
countries' infrastructures, economies and societies, and with an
average of almost 5,000 Syrians fleeing into these countries every
day, the need for international support has reached a critical stage.

"The world risks being dangerously complacent about the Syrian
humanitarian disaster," said UNHCR Special Envoy and renowned actress,
Angelina Jolie. "The tide of human suffering unleashed by the conflict
has catastrophic implications. If the situation continues to
deteriorate at this rate, the number of refugees will only grow, and
some neighbouring countries could be brought to the point of
collapse."

Ms. Jolie added that the world was "tragically disunited" on how to
end the Syria conflict. "But there should be no disagreement over the
need to alleviate human suffering, and no doubt of the world's
responsibility to do more. We have to support the millions of innocent
people ripped from their homes, and increase the ability of
neighbouring countries to cope with the influx."

On Wednesday, ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey will
meet with UNHCR in Geneva in a bid to accelerate international
support.

A further 4.2 million people are displaced inside Syria. Taken
together, these numbers –amounting to more than 6 million people –
mean that more Syrians are now forcibly displaced than people from any
other country.

With the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) increasing, the
World Food Programme (WFP) appealed today for humanitarian access
inside Syria to avoid a situation in which hunger becomes an
additional factor pushing more people to flee the country.

Last month, WFP was only able to dispatch food for 2.4 million people
– short of its goal of feeding three million people a month – as a
result of the deteriorating security situation.

The agency said it plans to further scale up its operations to reach 4
million during October, as recent assessments found that agricultural
production will further decline over the next 12 months if the present
conflict continues.

Meanwhile, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is supporting a major push
to ensure that crisis-affected children in Syria could keep learning.
Together with the Ministry of Education and the UN Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), UNICEF will
this month launch a home-based self-learning programme that will
enable over 400,000 children in conflict areas to continue following
the national curriculum.

In a briefing to reporters in Geneva, UNICEF spokesperson Marixie
Mercado said there are some 1.9 million students in grades one to nine
that have dropped out of school over the last academic year. Over
3,000 schools have been damaged or destroyed, and more than 930 are
now being used as shelters for the displaced.

UNICEF is also building prefabricated classrooms in governorates that
have been significantly damaged and is procuring school bags with
stationary supplies for up to a million children in all 14
governorates. In addition, thousands of teaching-learning kits,
recreations supplies and early childhood education material are being
delivered.Sep 3 2013 12:00PM
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