fled more than five million Syrians

geneva - The number of Syrians that fled after six years of civil war in their country to neighboring countries, has passed the 5 million. So says the UN refugee agency UNHCR.

The figure was the largest part of 2016 stable at around 4.8 million. Since the beginning of this year it has increased to 5. 008. 473, according to data collected by the UNHCR and Turkey. stay 488. Of these, 531 in camps.

So far managed to resettle 250 000 Syrian refugees in third countries, according to UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi should be offered places. The UNHCR estimates that this year in the world 1.2 million refugees are gehervestigd. 40 percent of them are Syrians.