Since March, when the Syrian refugee community attracted international attention because of its sheer size, their number has continued to climb. More importantly, the rate of that increase has hastened. In the last six months of 2012, a typical update from the UNHCR consisted of about 2,300 newly registered refugees. In the first six months of 2013, an average update had 7,300 refugees. Today, the UN has registered more than 1.6 million refugees and acknowledges more than 200,000 who still await registration.
The longest time to hold the breath underwater with pure oxygen prior to the attempt was 22 min 32 sec by Goran Äolak at the Zagreb main square in Zagreb, Croatia, on 29 September 2013.
Answers. Best Answer: People tend to hold their breath for a longer period of time when they are underwater then they do when they are on land. The current world record for breathing underwater stands at a mere two seconds short of nine minutes, that is at eight minutes and 58 seconds.f the temperature of the water is less than 60 degrees Fahrenheit, the person can hold his or her breath for only as third of the average time that is for duration of between 15 seconds and 45 seconds.