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In Two Charts, This is What Refugees Say about Why They are Leaving Syria Now

| September 28, 2015

The overwhelming size and scope of Syria's refugee crisis—which has uprooted more than 12 million people, 8 million internally displaced persons and 4 million refugees—has not been seen since the Rwandan genocide and the Balkan wars of the 1990s, if not World War II.

The increasing influx of refugees and asylum-seekers to Europe is signaling to the West that the Syrian conflict can no longer be neglected without consequences.

But if governments are going to craft an effective response, it would be helpful to know who has left, why they’ve left now, and how many more are likely on their way....

Continue reading: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/09/28/in-two-charts-this-is-what-refugees-say-about-why-they-are-leaving-syria-now/

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For Academic Citation: Mironova, Vera, Karam Alhamad, and Sam Whitt.“In Two Charts, This is What Refugees Say about Why They are Leaving Syria Now.” The Washington Post, September 28, 2015.

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Karam Alhamad

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