Syria: Help for Refugees, Support for Democracy and Human Rights
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How You Can Help: Find out who is providing humanitarian relief to Syrian refugees and, where possible, to civilians, and what you can do to support them.
Status Report:
On February 26, 2013, The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday that the number of registered refugees that have fled violence in Syria will reach one million within a month, warning that a "moment of truth" is approaching where the humanitarian community's capacity to provide assistance will reach its limit.
As of November 5, 2012, UNHCR reports that there are 296, 940 Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, and Iraq, the vast majority of whom are women and children.
As of late August, 2012, UNICEF reports that there are more than 19,000 people residing in a Jordanian refugee camp, with more arriving daily.
Highlights:
The UK-based organization Syria Relief created this extensive video report on their relief operations inside Syria:
The International Committe of the Red Cross (ICRC) has named Syria as one of its main priorities for relief operations in 2013:
