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More than 5 million Syrians could be left homeless after earthquake, UN warns

Most survivors are afraid to return to their homes. | Fountain: AFP

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More than 5 million people in Syria may be left homeless due to powerful forces earthquake which shook the northwest of the country on Monday, as well as Turkeysaid the UN official.

“Up to 5.3 million people in Syria could have been left homeless due to the earthquake,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sivanka Dhanapala told reporters in Damascus (UNHCR).

The representative reported that, according to calculations UNThe 5.37 million affected will need help to stay in different parts of Syria.

“This is a very large number and it affects a population that has already been massively displaced,” he added.

What has happened now, he said, is a “crisis within a crisis” after economic troubles, COVID-19 and a harsh winter have added to the long civil war that began in 2011.

survivor drama

Survivors of the earthquake in Syria They went to camps set up for displaced people as a result of the civil war.

Many have lost their homes or are afraid to return to earthquake-hit buildings.

He earthquake It claimed the lives of more than 23 thousand people, including more than 3.5 thousand in Syrian territory.

About half a million people have died in the Syrian war.

The war forced almost half of the pre-war population of the country to leave their homes. Many of them took refuge in neighboring Turkey. (AFP)


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