The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called Friday for urgent action stating that almost half of all Syrians were displaced, with over 3 million having fled the country as refugees, whilst fighting continues across the country.
"Almost half of all Syrians have now been forced to abandon their homes and flee for their lives. One in every eight Syrians has fled across the border, fully a million more than a year ago. A further 6.5 million are displaced within Syria. Over half of those uprooted are children," UNHCR said in a statement released on Friday.
According to the UN body, there are 1.14 million refugees in Lebanon, 608,000 in Jordan and over 800,000 in Turkey.
"Syrians are now the world's largest refugee population under UNHCR care, second only in number to the decades-long Palestinian crisis. The Syria operation is now the largest in UNHCR's 64-year history," the UNHCR said, stating that over US$ 2 billion was needed by the end of the year to cope with the crisis.
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