The crisis actually began in 2011 during the Syrian Civil War and escalated do to ISIS.
1 million refugees were registered by the UNHCR during 2014, most of these refugees headed to Turkey due to the instability in north eastern Syria caused by ISIS, and Lebanon received and increasing number of Economic Refugees, Jordan comparatively received much fewer refugees due to the relative stability in Southern Syria in 2014 compared to 2013.
*UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Germany said it could take half a million refugees annually over several years as Greek islands struggled Tuesday to process a huge backlog of migrants desperate to travel to western Europe, AFP reports.
Turkey has taken in nearly 2 million refugees; Lebanon more than 1.1 million; Jordan at least 629,000. Egypt has played a role, too, welcoming more than 130,000, and even Iraq, a country still ravaged by violence, has accepted nearly 250,000 refugees. Source: CNN Sept. 8th, 2015.
Global refugee crisis is the worst since WWII – report
How may refugees is Israel taking in, the Jewish State that gets billion$ annually from Uncle Sucker, more from the world? When will it take back the refugees it forced out in 1947?
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