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| Subject: Statism is Chaos: Number of Syrian refugees passes 3 million, almost half the population Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:28 pm | |
| Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighbouring countries as of Friday, but many remain trapped by the advance of Islamist militants or are having difficulty in reaching open border crossings, the United Nations said.
Syrians desperate to leave their war-engulfed homeland are forced to pay hefty bribes at armed checkpoints proliferating along Syria's borders, or to smugglers, the UN refugee agency said.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/number-of-syrian-refugees-passes-3-million-almost-half-the-population-20140830-10ab5l.html |
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