World leaders are failing to offer protection to Syria’s most
vulnerable refugees with catastrophic consequences, Amnesty
International has warned in a new briefing ahead of a UN pledging
conference in Geneva on 9 December.Left Out in the Cold: Syrian refugees abandoned by the international community highlights the pitiful numbers of resettlement places offered by the international community. Around 3.8 million refugees from are being hosted in five main countries within the region: Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. Only 1.7 per cent of this number have been offered sanctuary by the rest of the world since the crisis began more than three years ago.
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