Syrian refugees: more than 5m have now fled their country, says UN

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March 30, 2017 at 07:58PM

UNHCR announces milestone after six years of war and urges Europe not to ‘put humanity on a ballot’ in elections this year

The number of refugees who have fled Syria has topped five million people for the first time since the civil war began six years ago, according to the UN’s refugee agency.

Half of Syria’s 22 million population has been uprooted by a conflict that has now lasted longer than the second world war, the figures released by the UNHCR show, with 6.3 million people who are still inside the country’s borders forced from their homes.

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