To: Taro who wrote (887700 ) 9/14/2015 4:29:05 PM From: Broken_Clock Respond to An estimated 9 million Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, taking refuge in neighbouring countries or within Syria itself. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), over 3 million have fled to Syria's immediate neighbours Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. 6.5 million are internally displaced within Syria. Meanwhile, under 150,000 Syrians have declared asylum in the European Union, while member states have pledged to resettle a further 33,000 Syrians. The vast majority of these resettlement spots – 28,500 or 85% – are pledged by Germany. http://syrianrefugees.eu/ === Syria and Joran were also the refuge for the Iraqi refugees, so the problem is just compounded. ==== Where Are The Refugees Coming From? Afghanistan and Eritrea, have driven the crisis . While some politicians have said that economic migrants make up the majority of those arriving, in reality the majority are refugees fleeing Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan. That number does not account for refugees from Iraq, Nigeria and other countries.UN refugee agency . “This is the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation,” António Guterres, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees , said. Neighboring countries such as Turkey and Lebanon have taken in Syrian refugees, but camps there remain overpopulated, forcing those people to continue their journey.
