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April 11, 2013

U.N. Warns of Funding Shortfall for Syrian Refugees 
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The report comes as the United Nations says the official number of
Syrian refugees is now more than 1.3 million. The U.N.'s refugee
coordinator for Syria said a massive aid effort is being threatened by
funding shortfall.

Panos Moumtzis: "As of today, we have reached the 1,300,000 Syrian
refugees registered, all with appointments, in the neighboring
countries. This is a significant increase, if you think that today, one
year ago, 12 months ago, the actual figure was 30,000. So, in 12 months
we have gone from 30,000 Syrian refugees to 1,300,000. There is an acute
shortfall of $700 million, while we have exceeded the planning figure.
We have reached a point where we feel we are at a breaking point."

 

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