

More than 140,000 people have been affected and at least 25,000 tents have been destroyed. Torrential rains, strong winds and floods have been lashing the country’s northwest region this winter, destroying tents, food supplies and leaving tens of thousands of displaced Syrian families homeless during the coldest months. What is happening in Syria’s northwest region – specifically in Idlib – right now? Eleven years later, the number of Syrian refugees has hardly declined and more than 13.4 million people still need humanitarian assistance - including 5.9 million who are in acute need. Conflict quickly escalated and the country descended into a civil war that forced millions of Syrian families out of their homes. The arrests sparked public demonstrations throughout Syria which were violently suppressed by government security forces. The Syrian refugee crisis is the result of a March 2011 violent government crackdown on public demonstrations in support of a group of teenagers who were arrested for anti-government graffiti in the southern town of Daraa. When did the Syrian refugee crisis begin? What is the UN Refugee Agency doing to help Syrians?

How are Syrian children impacted by this crisis?Ħ. Where do Syrian refugees live? Do all Syrian refugees live in refugee camps?Ĥ. What is happening in Syria’s northwest region – specifically in Idlib – right now?ģ. When did the Syrian refugee crisis begin?Ģ.

Germany is the largest non-neighboring host country, with more than 620,000 Syrian refugees.ġ. The vast majority – approximately 5.2 million refugees – have found refuge in neighboring countries, primarily in Türkiye, Lebanon and Jordan. More than 6.8 million Syrians have been forced to flee their country since 2011 and another 6.9 million people remain internally displaced. After ten years, Syria remains the world’s largest refugee crisis.
