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Syrian Immigrant Crisis In Syria

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Syrian immigrant crisis. Syria is a country that borders Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. Its population is about 22.5 million. Syria is in the midst of a war, the Syrian Civil war is a conflict between its long-serving government and rebels who disagree with the government and want to push them out of office. Many civilians are being killed by both the government and opposition. By June 2013, the UN said 90,000 people had been killed in the conflict. By August 2015, that figure had climbed to 250,000, according to activists and the UN. Many civilians are fleeing their homes and country because of the war and chaos in Syria. More than 4.5 million people had fled Syria into neighboring countries like Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. According

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