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<p>The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, provides authoritative assessments on displacement.
It estimates there are over 6.6 million Syrian refugees worldwide, of which 5.5 million
are hosted in countries near Syria, notably Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.</p><p>The
UK is grateful for the role refugee-hosting countries play. We will continue to provide
support to displaced population, including in response to the 6 February earthquake,
which has affected Syrians in both Turkey and Syria itself. We urge the Asad regime
to engage meaningfully with the UN-facilitated political process in order to achieve
conditions suitable for safe refugee returns.</p>
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