The current population in Syria is 22 million people. Over the course of a few years, three million Syrians have become refugees abroad and six and a half million more have fled their homes for other locations within the country. Most of the Syrians have been going to Europe- places like Turkey and Lebanon. A few months ago, the UN reported that the Syrian war is responsible for the number of displaced people. Due to the war, roughly forty-three percent of Syria’s population has fled the country and 200,000 people have died. The effect the refugees have on Syria’s neighboring countries is that Lebanon and Turkey have the highest proportion of refugees of any countries in the world, and the resources needed to sustain their populations are dwindling.
