Where Syrian refugees are seeking safety

WHILE much of the world ponders whether or not to intervene militarily in Syria's two-and-a-half-year-long war, the flow of refugees continues apace. The number of Syrians who have registered as refugees, or whose registration is pending with UNHCR, the UN’s refugee body, has now surpassed 2m. Almost 1.8m have fled in the past year alone; half are children. Lebanon in particular is struggling to cope with the 726,000 Syrians it has taken in, who now account for almost a quarter of its population. On average, almost 5,000 Syrians flee to neighbouring countries every day. Another 4.2m people have been displaced internally since the start of the conflict, in which over 100,000 people have been killed. As a new school year begins, UNICEF, the UN’s children’s charity, worries about how to get Syrian children into the classroom: almost 40% of elementary students dropped out last year.