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August 29, 2012

United Nations Sees "Dramatic" Increase in Syria Refugees 
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The United Nations is warning of a dramatic increase in the number of
refugees fleeing the violence in Syria. On Tuesday, a U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees spokesperson said the number of refugees in
Turkey could soon top 200,000.

Melissa Fleming: "The numbers are significantly increasing as the
fighting escalates in the town of Dara'a and in surrounding villages. So
we're seeing growing, a spike in numbers and disturbingly, we're also
seeing among those, many more unaccompanied children. So children who
say that their parents have died and they've gone off on their own and
crossed the border, others who are saying that they've been just sent
off on their own. So the numbers are increasing and the profile of the
people fleeing is changing."

 

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