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Do 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, a
by jkot 11y ago
Do 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...