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UNHCR chief urges better support for 13 million ‘exhausted’ and displaced Syrians
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NEW YORK, 19 October 2021, (TON): UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has urged greater international support for the more than 13 million Syrians who’ve been displaced in the past 10 years.
Mr. Grandi said after a visit to the country “currently, around 6.7 million have been displaced inside the country and 5.5 million refugees are being hosted in five neighbouring countries.”
Over two days in the field, the High Commissioner met families who told him they’d endured “years of suffering” and are “exhausted.”
The UNHCR chief said “yet I also witnessed their strength and determination to rebuild their lives.”
Even as UNHCR and partners, “helped some of the families I met install doors and windows on their partially damaged homes, they still needed water and electricity. They still need schools and hospitals, and they need to make a living. This is a humanitarian imperative.”
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