What Is It Really Like To Be A Syrian Refugee? - TruePublica
By Graham Vanbergen – The UNHCR
says that by the end of the year it is estimated that half of the
population of Syria will be in need of aid. The Regional Response Plan
for Syrian refugees totals US$2.9 billion. The governments of Lebanon
and Jordan are also appealing for funds, asking for US$449 million and
US$380 million respectively. The humanitarian appeal for inside Syria is
for US$1.4 billion…
This all adds up to US$5 billion, the largest appeal in history.
The Syrian conflict is now well into its fifth year and the Syrian
agony continues without end in sight. The battle between the West and
its allies and the Syrian government rages with all of its complexities,
little understood by Western politicians and the media.
In the last few years the conflict has resulted in what is now
considered the worst humanitarian disaster in modern history. A third of
the population has been displaced internally, and some 3.8 million
Syrian refugees languish in refugee camps in neighbouring countries. The
United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria put actual deaths due to the conflict at close to half a million as at April 2016.
