NBC NewsMore than 2 million Syrians have poured into neighboring countries as refugees, the United Nations revealed on Tuesday.
Around 5,000 people per day are fleeing the three-year conflict, which the U.N. says has already claimed over 100,000 lives.
Olivier Laban-Mattei / UNHCR via AP, file -United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees special envoy Angelina Jolie, right, speaks with Syrian refugees in a Jordanian military camp in June.
“Syria has become the great tragedy of this century -- a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history,” said António Guterres, the U.N.’s high commissioner responsible for refugees.
The crisis has dramatically worsened in recent months, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency.
FULL ARTICLE HERE: 'The great tragedy of this century': More than 2 million refugees forced out of Syria - World News
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