Submitted by Lauren Meling on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 11:30am
The crisis in Syria passes the two-year mark in March with no end to the conflict in sight. Meanwhile the number of people in need grows as over 1 million refugees have fled to neighboring countries while about 2 million people are displaced within Syria. And as fighting persists, the death toll continues to rise, topping 70,000 killed in early March.
Submitted by Lauren Meling on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 2:45pm
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie met with Syrian refugees on Tuesday, Sept. 11, during a visit to the Za'atri camp in Jordan. Guterres said the "camp needs massive international funding" and that "the conditions are still not acceptable."
Submitted by Lauren Meling on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 4:36pm
Khaled Hosseini, in a guest post on USA for UNHCR's Blue Key blog, pointed out that, "Anyone can be a refugee." No child grows up anticipating they will be forced to leave everything they know and love behind. He certainly didn't.
