Pages

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

UN: Syria refugee crisis worst since Rwanda

The civil war between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebel fighters has sparked a refugee crisis that the United Nations says is the worst in nearly two decades.

"We have not seen a refugee outflow escalate at such a frightening rate since the Rwandan genocide almost 20 years ago," Antonio Guterres, the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said at a UN Security Council briefing, according to ABC News.

The UN reported that more than 1.7 million Syrians are refugees in neighboring countries, while another 4.5 million are internally displaced. Read more

No comments:

Post a Comment