UN says Syrian Refugees Number One Million

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said -

• Half of the refugees were children, most under the age of 11

• largest numbers of refugees were seeking shelter in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.

• those who have fled conflict now live in difficult conditions, with poor sanitation and insufficient resources to cope with

• more than 400,000 have became refugees since 1 January 2013

• Turkey, providing a temporary home for some 184,000 refugees, has spent more than $600m (459m euros; £396m) setting up 17 refugee camps, and was building new ones to meet the increasing need

• Some 110,000 of those who have sought shelter in Jordan are living in the desert camp of Zaatari, near its northern border with Syria

 

Refugee Numbers

 

• Jordan - 324,543
• Lebanon - 329,823
• Turkey - 185,205
• Iraq - 105,326
• Egypt - 43,665
• North Africa - 8,262

A refugee camp is seen in the Syrian territory near the Turkish border town of Cilvegozu. The civil war in Syria has forced over 2 million people out of the country and over 4 million others are displaced within its borders, making Syrians the nation with the largest number of people torn from their homes, U.N. officials said.