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"Many" as in absolute values like "more than 1,000"? I can believe that. Or "many" as in relative values like "more than 30%"? I have difficulties believing th
by dalke 10y ago
"Many" as in absolute values like "more than 1,000"? I can believe that.
Or "many" as in relative values like "more than 30%"? I have difficulties believing that. If so, it's amazing how coincidental the timing is between the start of the ongoing civil war in Syria and the start of the refugee crisis.
It's also amazing how the UN "has identified 13.5 million Syrians requiring humanitarian assistance, of which 6.6 million are internally displaced within Syria, and over 4.8 million are refugees outside of Syria." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_W... . Are the ones you mentioned in addition to those numbers?
- GunboatDiplomat 10y agoThose number seem unbelievably high, given there are less than 18 million Syrians total.
- dalke 10y agoUmm, that's why there's a crisis. Do you think the numbers are wrong? Why, and by how much do you think they are wrong?
- GunboatDiplomat 10y agoIt's not credible that 75% of Syrians have left the country.
- dalke 10y agoThey haven't. The quote I gave is the total displaced population, "... of which 6.6 million are internally displaced within Syria, and over 4.8 million are refugees outside of Syria." Only 5 million/18 million = 28% of the population has left the country.