Refugees of the Syrian civil war
| Total population: |
4,863,684 refugees (registered, January 2017) |
|---|---|
| Regions with important populations (over 1,000 refugees) | |
 Turkey
|
2,724,937 (registered as of August 2016) 2,748,367 (the highest number registered, 3 March 2016) |
 Lebanon
|
1,500,000 (estimated arrivals as of December 2015) 1,048,275 (registered) |
 Jordan
|
1,265,000 (census results as of November 2015) 657,422 (registered July 2016) |
 Germany
|
600,000(2014 to late 2016) 429,000(registered by late 2016)456,023 (applicants February 2016) |
 Saudi Arabia
|
500,000 Syrian (estimated overstays as of 2016) |
 Greece
|
54,574 (estimated in country May 2016) 5,615 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Macedonia
|
2,150 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Serbia (incl. Kosovo)
|
11,831 (applicants to February 2016) |
 Iraq (incl. Iraqi Kurdistan)
|
230,836 (registered) |
 United Arab Emirates
|
242,000 (estimated overstays as of 2015) |
 Kuwait
|
155,000+(estimated overstays to June 2015) |
 Egypt
|
117,702 (registered by March 2016) 119,665 (UNHCR estimate as of March 2016) 500,000 (Egypt MFA estimate as of September 2016) |
 Sweden
|
110,333 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Hungary
|
72,505 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Canada
|
61,886 (applicants to December 2016) 43,589 (approved as of December 2016) 39,902 (resettled as of December 2016) |
 Croatia
|
55,000 (estimated as of September 2015) 386 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Algeria
|
43,000 (estimated as of November 2015) 5,721 (registered as of November 2015) |
 Qatar
|
40,000 (estimated overstays 2015) 42 (registered) |
 Austria
|
39,131 (applicants to July 2016) |
 Netherlands
|
31,963 (applicants to July 2016) |
 Libya
|
26,672 (registered as of December 2015) |
 Armenia
|
20,000 (estimated as of October 2016) |
 Denmark
|
19,433 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Bulgaria
|
17,527 (applicants to December 2015) |
 United States
|
16,218 (resettled by November 2016) |
 Belgium
|
16,986 (applicants to July 2016) |
 Norway
|
13,993 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Singapore
|
13,856 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Switzerland
|
12,931 (applicants to July 2016) |
 France
|
11,694 (applicants to July 2016) |
 Brazil
|
9,000 (approved) 2,097 (as of November 2015) |
 United Kingdom
|
9,467 (applicants to July 2016) 5,102 (resettled as of August 2015) |
 Spain
|
8,365 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Russia
|
5,000 (estimated in 2015) |
 Malaysia
|
5,000 (estimated in August 2015) |
 Australia
|
4,500 (2015) |
 Tunisia
|
4,000 (September 2015) |
 Cyprus
|
3,527 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Bahrain
|
3,500 (estimated June 2015) |
 Argentina
|
3,000 (approved) |
 Montenegro
|
2,975 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Italy
|
2,538 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Romania
|
2,525 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Malta
|
1,222 (applicants to December 2015) |
 Somalia
|
1,312 (as of January 2016) |
 Finland
|
1,127 (as of December 2015) |
| Language: | Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish, Armenian, Aramaic |
| Religion: | Sunni Islam, Christianity, Shia Islam, Yazidism, Druze |
4,863,684 refugees (registered, January 2017)
6,130,000-6,320,000 refugees (based on UN estimate, March 2016)
72,505 (applicants to December 2015)
Refugees of the Syrian Civil War or Syrian refugees are citizens and permanent residents of Syrian Arab Republic, who have fled from their country since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in 2011 and have sought asylum in other countries.
In 2016, the United Nations (UN) identified 13.5 million Syrians requiring humanitarian assistance, of which more than 6 million are internally displaced within Syria, and over 4.8 million are refugees outside of Syria. In January 2017, UNHCR counted 4,863,684 registered refugees.Turkey is the largest host country of registered refugees with over 2.7 million Syrian refugees. Saudi Arabia claims to have received nearly 2.5 million Syrian citizens as of 2016, but without registering them as refugees. Assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) within Syria, and Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries, is planning largely through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
In 2016, pledges have been made to the UNHCR, by various nations, to permanently resettle 170,000 registered refugees.
The Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen inspired protests in Syria, followed by Syrian Army intervention. As Syria descended into civil war, it becomes quickly divided into a complex patchwork of shifting alliances and territories between the Assad government, rebel groups, ethnic groups, and Islamic extremists. By May it was estimated that no more than 300 Syrian refugees had crossed into Turkey. Turkey set up a small camp for those refugees and reported it was preparing for "a worst-case scenario" should refugee numbers increase. By mid-May, about 700 refugees from Tel Kazakh had fled into Lebanon, and the village of in northern Lebanon received another 1,350. With the siege of Jisr al-Shughour, the situation on the Turkish-Syrian border deteriorated and thousands fled in anticipation of a Syrian Army attack. Initially it was reported that about 2,500 Syrians crossed the border. The number of refugees housed in Turkish camps exceed 10,000 by mid June, and was estimated at 8,500 in Lebanon where the total refugee population was estimated at over 20,000. As Syrian troops amassed at the Turkish border, the flow increased to hundreds of refugees a day by 23 June, reaching a total of 11,700 refugees.
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