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May 17, 2013

Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 1.5 Million 
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The United Nations refugee agency says the number of people fleeing the
conflict in Syria has topped 1.5 million. That is an increase of half a
million over the past 10 weeks alone. Turkey and Jordan have born the
brunt of the refugee flow; roughly 10 percent of Jordan’s population
is now Syrian refugees. One refugee camp has become Jordan’s
fifth-largest city.

 

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