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TODAY: "A bleak winter: providing needed aid to those fleeing conflict in Syria"


January 14, 2013
By The IRC
Refugee boy in Domiz camp, Iraq

A refugee boy sits in the muddy streets of Domiz camp, northern Iraq

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

Briefing Livestream on January 14 at 9:30am ET: While the majority of those uprooted by the turmoil remain in Syria, hundreds of thousands of Syrians managed to flee over the past two years—undertaking an often treacherous journey to find safe haven in neighboring countries. Once there, they continue to face new and overwhelming problems. 

“The Middle East is once again facing a human displacement tragedy,” an International Rescue Committee commission states in its new report, Syria: A Regional Crisis. “Current assistance levels are drastically insufficient to address existing needs, let alone the barest requirements to respond to a lengthy humanitarian emergency and post-conflict recovery.”
 
Hear from members of an IRC delegation that visited the region in November.
 
Watch "A bleak winter: providing needed aid to those fleeing conflict in Syria" live online.  IRC/Migration Policy Insititute event Livestream / 9:30am ET, January 14, 2013
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