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UN: Record three million refugees flee Syria crisis
A record three million people have fled violence and chaos in Syria, the UNHCR has said amid reports of increasingly horrifying conditions inside the country.
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UN map reveals destination of Syrian refugees
The UN has published a map revealing which countries some three million Syrian refugees have fled to - with many escaping the conflict in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.
The UN refugee agency has said many newly arriving refugees only left Syria as a last resort.
A growing number, including more than half of those coming to Lebanon, have moved at least once before fleeing, and one in 10 have moved more than three times.
One woman told UNHCR she had moved 20 times before crossing into Lebanon.
UN: Syrians in 'shocking state, exhausted, scared'
Aid agencies and the UN Refugee agency have said that increasing numbers of families are arriving in a shocking state, exhausted, scared and with their savings depleted after fleeing their homes. Most have been on the run for a year or more, fleeing from village to village before taking the final decision to leave.
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More than 3m refugees amid the horror of Syrian crisis
Syria's worsening refugee crisis will pass a record three million people, amid reports of horrifying conditions inside the country, according to the UN refugee agency.
Children live in unfinished building after fleeing Syria
ITV News Middle East News Editor Lutfi Abu-Aun has spoken to Syrian refugees in Lebanon:
Record 3 million Syrian refugees in 'biggest-ever crisis'
The total number of refugees created by ongoing fighting in Syria has reached a record three million, United Nations' refugee body says.
Almost half of all Syrians have now been displaced from their homes due to the crisis, with one in every eight fleeing across the border.
Over half of those uprooted are children, the UNHCR says, adding that most families have been on the run for a year or more.
The vast majority of those that have left Syria are registered refugees in Lebanon (1.14 million), Jordan (608,000) and Turkey (815,000), the agency says.
The organisation adds that its Syria operation has become the largest in its 64-year history.