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<p>According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees there are over 4.8 million registered
Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Of this total figure, Turkey hosts over
2.7 million; Lebanon 1 million; Jordan more than 655,000; Iraq over 228,000; Egypt
over 115,000; and 29,000 Syrian refugees are in North Africa. A further 1.1 million
applications for asylum have been made by Syrians throughout Europe, with the majority
in Germany and Serbia.</p><p>The UK is at the forefront of the response to the crisis
and our support is reaching hundreds of thousands of people affected by it across
the region and inside Syria. Between February 2012 and August 2016 we have provided
over 21.7 million food rations, vaccines to over 6.3 million people and medical consultations
to over 4.9 million people.</p>
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