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Syrian Refugee Crisis [MAP]: What you need to know


Mercy Corps Neal Keny-Guyer, Mercy Corps
Syria‘s civil war is poised to become the worst humanitarian disaster of our time.  The politics are complex and the numbers can be overwhelming.  But those numbers stand for real people in crisis, right now.  And the more of us who are aware of what’s going on, the more we can help them.
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Syrian Refugee Crisis
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As the violence in Syria escalates, as many as 6,000 people escape across the borders every single day. The UN estimates there could be 3.5 million refugees by the end of the year — more than half of them children.
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Mercy Corps is responding to urgent needs in Jordan and Lebanon — the two smallest countries overwhelmed by the largest numbers of refugees.  But we must do more.  Please, join us to raise awareness and turn knowledge into action.
Thank you for standing with us — and the millions of Syrian refugees who need us now more than ever.
Sincerely,
Neal Keny-Guyer Neal Keny-Guyer Mercy Corps CEO

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EMERGENCY ALERT: CARE responds to the crisis in Libya


With fighting in the streets of Libya and more than 180,000 refugees flooding into neighboring countries, CARE‘s emergency teams have deployed to Egypt and Tunisia to assess the humanitarian situation and determine how CARE — with your help — can assist with this rapidly-expanding emergency.

Just today, CARE Egypt’s country director told us that 70,000-80,000 Egyptians working in Libya have fled the fighting. These people have lost their jobs and most of them were not able to collect their last paychecks.

The sudden influx of people without money and without their possessions into Egypt is causing a strain on many of country’s poorest families. Many of these families were scraping by on the money that their family members sent from Libya. Now, already short on food and cash, these families must house, feed and take care of the returnees. The situation is serious.

CARE’s response to this and other crises, as well as our ability to help people living in many of the world’s poorest countries access the tools and resources they need to escape poverty, depends on the support of people like you.

Sincerely,

CARE www.care.org

A Sudanese migrant who fled the unrest in Libya holds her child as she walks at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra, courtesy Trust.org – AlertNet