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12/2012. More than 800,000 people were displaced
as refugees across international borders in 2011, the highest number in over a
decade. And this year's refugee displacements are expected to closely parallel
the 2011 totals, with at least 465,800 Syrian refugees alone already registered
or awaiting assistance. Syria, the scene of an armed conflict that has caused
tens of thousands of civilian casualties, remains the humanitarian crisis to
watch as a new year is poised to begin.
The majority of Syrian refugees have found
shelter in four neighboring countries. By late November, Turkey was refuge to
more than 123,700 refugees who were registered or awaiting assistance, the
Turkish government estimates. Lebanon had at least 103,100 Syrian refugees,
according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with at
least 30,700 more seeking registration. And more than 98,000 Syrian refugees
were in Jordan, with nearly 41,000 who had received an appointment for
registration. Iraq hosted more than 60,300 Syrian refugees. And tens of thousands
more remain unregistered in the region.
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