U.N. says 5,000 Syrian refugees fleeing each day

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U.N. says 5,000 Syrian refugees fleeing each day

GENEVA (Reuters) - About 5,000 refugees are fleeing Syria each day, seeking safe haven from war and its devastating impact on basic living conditions, the United Nations said on Friday. An acceleration in the exodus - up from 2,000 to 3,000 late last year - means the total could exceed one million refugees well before the end of June, its previous forecast, the U.N. refugee agency said. "This is a full-on crisis," Adrian Edwards, spokesman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told a news briefing in Geneva. ...

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