Up to 700,000 Syrian refugees may flee abroad by the end of the year, the UN refugee agency said yesterday, almost four times its previous forecast for the exodus from the deepening crisis.
Up to 700,000 Syrian refugees may flee abroad by the end of the year, the UN refugee agency said yesterday, almost four times its previous forecast for the exodus from the deepening crisis.
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About 294,000 refugees fleeing 18 months of conflict in Syria have already crossed into four neighbouring countries – Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey – or are awaiting registration there, the agency said.
Panos Moumtzis, regional refugee co-ordinator for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said: "This is a significant outflow taking place – 100,000 people in August, 60,000 in September, and at the moment 2000 or 3000 per day or night.
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