The U.'s Response To The Syrian Crisis

The Syrian Crisis started in March 2011, when protests started taking place against Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s president. In turn, the president’s forces responded with harsh violence. It started to build up, until it turned into rebellions. Hundreds and thousands of Syrian civilians were caught in the middle, and were forced to escape the country. As of 2015, there have been around 220,000 deaths, half of which are civilians. The U.N has been working together to find a way for the refugees to be safe, and survive in other places.
Since the outburst first took place in 2011, Turkey has been taking in refugees. Turkey had allowed an ‘open door policy’ and by the end of the year 7,600 refugees were there. Turkey had also been willing to fund for