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| Subject: 'Thank' the vicious statists: UN calls to West as 13.6 million are displaced in Iraq and Syria Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:57 pm | |
| Warning that the world was growing numb to the worsening crisis in Syria and Iraq, in which at least 13.6 million people had been displaced from their homes, the United Nations appealed to Western countries to open their borders and make good on donation pledges.
As winter approaches and millions of Syrians and Iraqis take shelter in high altitude areas, they face months of freezing conditions and snow without adequate food or shelter, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees said.
The nights are already getting cold, the rainy season has started and many refugees, such as those from the besieged town of Kobane who are forced to sleep outdoors in public parks across the border in Turkey, are starting to struggle to keep their families warm and dry.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/un-calls-to-west-as-136-million-are-displaced-in-iraq-and-syria-20141112-11l9ly.html |
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