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.
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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