the first syrian refugees came to canada in the early part of the 1880s.
the first syrian refugees came to canada in the early part of the 1880s.
when did the first syrian refugees come to canada?
early part of the 1880s
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the violence in syria caused millions to flee their homes. as of march 2015, al-jazeera estimate 10.9 million syrians, or almost half the population, have been displaced. 3.8 million have been made refugees. , 1 in 3 of syrian refugees (about 667,000 people) sought safety in lebanon (normally 4.8 million population). others have fled to jordan, turkey, and iraq. turkey has accepted 1,700,000 (2015) syrian refugees, half of whom are spread around cities and a dozen camps placed under the direct authority of the turkish government. satellite images confirmed that the first syrian camps appeared in turkey in july 2011, shortly after the towns of deraa, homs, and hama were besieged. in september 2014, the un stated that the number of syrian refugees had exceeded 3 million. according to the jerusalem center for public affairs, sunnis are leaving for lebanon and undermining hezbollah's status. the syrian refugee crisis has caused the "jordan is palestine" threat to be diminished due to the onslaught of new refugees in jordan. greek catholic patriarch gregorios iii laham claims more than 450,000 syrian christians have been displaced by the conflict. as of september 2016, the european union has reported that there are 13.5 million refugees in need of assistance in the country.
syrian civil war