maka terbaca - GENEVA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - About 13.6 million people, equivalent to the population of London, have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq, many without food or shelter as winter starts, the U.N. refugee agency said UNHCR on Tuesday. Amin Awad, UNHCRs director for the Middle East and North Africa, said the world was becoming numb to the refugees needs. Now when we talk about a million people displaced over two months, or 500,000 overnight, the world is just not responding, he told reporters in Geneva. The 13.6 million include 7.2 million displaced within Syria - an increase from a long-held U.N. estimate of 6.5 million, as well as 3.3 million Syrian refugees abroad, 1.9 million displaced in Iraq and 190,000 who have left to seek safety. The vast majority of Syrian refugees have gone to Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey, which Awad said are putting us all to shame with their support for homeless Syrian families....
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:13:38 +0000
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