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Number of internally displaced people in Syria predicted to double by year-end

Number of internally displaced people in Syria predicted to double by year-end

06 February 2014 08:48 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementyeva – APA. The number of internally displaced people may double by the end of the year, said UN High Commissioner for Refugees representative Amin Awad, APA reports quoting KUNA.

He also predicted that the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) will double from some 3.5 million today to 6.5 million by the end of the year. International donors meeting in Kuwait pledged $2.4 billion in humanitarian aid for victims of the Syrian war, Of that total, $2.3 billion would support 9.3 million people inside Syria and $4.2 billion would be for Syrian refugees.

A UNHCR breakdown of refugees by country shows 900,000 in Lebanon, 600,000 in Turkey, 590,000 in Jordan, 215,000 in northern Iraq, 135,000 in Egypt, 20, 000 in North Africa and 30,000 in other countries.

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