Aerial view of the Zaatari camp in Jordan - the world's second largest refugee camp Credit: REUTERS/Mandel Ngan/Pool
The 'Calamity Of The Century': Syrian Civil War Prompts World's Biggest Refugee Crisis As UN Eeveals TWO MILLION People Have Fled Fighting -- Daily Mail
* More than 6million Syrians in total have been forced out of their homes with 2million leaving the country altogether
* 5,000 flee into neighbouring countries such as Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan every day as civil war rages
* Angelina Jolie blasts Western 'complacency' and calls for more humanitarian aid to held the refugees
* British Government pledges £348million to stave off disaster for refugees in largest ever disaster aid commitment
* Barack Obama is set to hold vote on whether to attack the Assad regime after British MPs vote against air strikes
The Syrian civil war has now forced 2million refugees to flee the country, it was revealed today - and one person leaves every 15 seconds.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees described the conflict as 'the great tragedy of this century' as he laid bare the scale of the suffering it has caused, with more than 1million children forced out of their homeland.
In addition to those who have left Syria during the two-and-a-half-year war, 4.25million people have been displaced within the country.
In total, around a third of the population have been forced to leave their homes, meaning the conflict has prompted the world's biggest refugee crisis.
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My Comment: here is an easy prediction .... if the U.S. starts to bomb, expect these refugee numbers to explode.