UN: 700,000 Syrian refugees expected to flee war-torn country by end of year
Estimate by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees comes
following what Syrian activists say was the bloodiest day of the
18-month uprising, with over 300 reported dead.
The number of refugees fleeing Syria could reach 700,000 by the end of
the year, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday, far surpassing its
previous forecast of 185,000 reached in August.
About 294,000
Syrian refugees fleeing 18 months of conflict in their homeland have
already crossed into four neighboring countries - Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon
and Turkey - or await registration there, it said.
"This plan
provides for up to 700,000," Panos Moumtzis, regional refugee
coordinator for the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, told a news briefing.
According to the UN's Refugee Agency, 2,000-3,000 Syrian refugees are added to the total each day.
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