Every 15 seconds, a Syrian becomes a refugee.
That's the grim reality,
according to the United Nations' refugee agency, which said 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.
The increase of nearly
1.8 million people over the past 12 months is an "alarming" trend, the
agency said, warning that there is "no sign of this tragic outflow
ending."
'The great tragedy'
The U.N. has said that
more than 100,000 people -- including many civilians -- have been killed
in Syria since a popular uprising spiraled into a civil war in 2011.
"Syria has become the
great tragedy of this century -- a disgraceful humanitarian calamity
with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history," said
Antonio Guterres, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees.
And there's more somber
news: 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.
"More Syrians are now forcibly displaced than is the case with any other country," the agency said.
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