![]() Turkey’s reluctance to absorb more refugees often leaves people stranded for days at the border. In the north and north-east, Kurdish militias are fighting Islamic State in see-saw battles that continue to drive civilians across the border into Turkey. Most of Syria’s refugees have no prospect of returning home in the near future amid a conflict that has become increasingly complex and intractable. ![]() ![]() “ Refugees were already struggling to cope with what little we could provide.”Īccording to the agencies and their partner organisations, the shortfall has meant 1.6 million refugees have already had food assistance cut this year and 750,000 children are not attending school. Muhannad Hadi, the WFP’s regional director for the Middle East, north Africa, central Asia and eastern Europe, said: “Just when we thought things couldn’t get worse, we are forced yet again to make yet more cuts. Last week, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned once again that it was running out of money to feed the refugees and could be forced to cut all help for the hundreds of thousands of Syrians in Jordan as soon as next month. The sheer number of Syrian refugees that have fled the war in their homeland is putting the international humanitarian system under huge financial strain.Īt the end of June, UN aid agencies warned that a $5.5bn (£3.6bn) appeal to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis this year was less than 25% funded, putting millions of vulnerable people at risk – a situation that has already led to cuts in vital assistance. Syrian refugees fleeing into Turkey last month to escape Isis fighting Guardian
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