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The U.N refugee agency (UNHCR) revealed yesterday Tuesday, that the number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country has now risen above 2 million.
A year ago, that number was 230,671.
"Syria is haemorrhaging women, children and men who cross borders often with little more than the clothes on their backs," the UNHCR said, adding that there is "no sign of this tragic outflow ending."
According to the United Nations more than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria since a popular uprising spiraled into a civil war in 2011.
Sadly, another 4.25 million people are displaced inside Syria, the UNHCR said, meaning that more than 6 million people have been torn from their homes in the country.
The overwhelming majority of the refugees that leave Syria end up staying in neighboring countries, placing heavy strains on the infrastructures, economies and societies of those host countries, the U.N. said.
The four biggest recipients of Syrians registered as refugees or awaiting registration are:
Lebanon -- 716,000
Jordan -- 515,000
Turkey -- 460,000
Iraq -- 168,000.
Government ministers from those four countries will meet with the UNHCR in Geneva on Wednesday in an effort to generate greater international support for dealing with the refugee exodus.
More than half of the 2 million Syrian refugees are childrenaged 17 or younger, the U.N. said.
