Syrian refugee numbers pass five million

The number of refugees who have fled Syria has topped five million people for the first time since the civil war began six years ago

SYRIA
TURKEY 2,967,149
LEBANON 1,011,366
JORDAN 657,000
IRAQ 235,526
EGYPT 120,154
NORTH AFRICA (Algeria, Morocco, Libya) 29,275

MEDITERRANEAN SEA


REGISTERED SYRIAN REFUGEES (2012-2017)

After levelling off in 2016, refugee numbers rose by more than 250,000 this year following military victory by government forces and allies in Aleppo last December 

UN’s refugee agency estimates another 6.3 million people have been internally displaced

Mar 30, 2017: 5,020,470

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Source: UNHCR
Picture: Getty Images