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Saudi Arabia have claimed this is misleading. They say they have an open border to Syria and have accepted over 2.5 million Syrians since 2011. Is this claim i
by phaemon 11y ago
Saudi Arabia have claimed this is misleading. They say they have an open border to Syria and have accepted over 2.5 million Syrians since 2011.
Is this claim incorrect?
- jkot 11y agoDo you have source for 2.5? I only found 0.5M, but it seems like those are expats who did not moved in recently. > There are 500,000 Syrians in Saudi Arabia, according to Nabil Othman, acting regional representative to the Gulf region at the UNHCR. In official documentation they are referred to as “Arab brothers and sisters in distress,” he said. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/syria-s-refugees-feel-more-welcome-in-europe-than-in-the-gulf http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/syria-s-re...
- phaemon 11y agoThey claim 2.5 million here: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/09/19/saudi-arabia-has-taken-25m-syrians-claims-minister http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/09/19/saudi-arabia-h...