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As Lebanon is grappling with an influx of Syrian refugees, the latest UN figures highlights the extent of the crisis. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said one out of five people living in Lebanon are refugees who have fled the conflict in neighboring Syria. Some 30 percent of the Refugees live in substandard shelters. Lebanon\\\'s government has refused to set up official camps for the refugees fearing a crisis similar to that of the Palestinian refugees 52 thousand of whom were living in Syria. Many of Syrian refugees are unregistered and undocumented migrants and live in hundreds of unofficial tent settlements on northern and eastern peripheries. The figures provided by the UNHCR do not include hundreds of thousands of refugees who are not registered. But estimates show that there could be over one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon living in tents like these. Some, 280,000 are children of school age, and over 70% very much dependent on any humanitarian aid they can get. The greatest suffering in the camps is seen in the eyes of the children. This boy was eager to go on television hoping that our presence would attract humanitarian aid. The women complain about how they\\\'re not getting enough help for their children: This man was a school teacher in Syria\\\'s Hama. Now he\\\'s trying to help create an educational center for children of school age, many of whom have not received any education for two years: Lebanon currently hosts the highest number of refugees from Syria. More than a million other Syrians have fled to Jordan and Turkey. The United Nations has warned that the number of Syrian refugees will almost double over the next year to top four million.

The United Nations says one out of five people living in Lebanon are refugees who have fled the conflict in neighboring Syria. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has surpassed the eight hundred and 48 thousand mark. The Office of the UNHCR also said about seven hundred and 93 thousand have registered as refugees. The Lebanese authorities say the exact number could be even higher since many of the Syrian refugees are unregistered and undocumented migrants. Lebanon has refused to set up official camps for refugees from Syria. Many live in hundreds of unofficial tent settlements on its northern and eastern peripheries. Lebanon currently hosts the highest number of refugees from Syria. More than a million other Syrians have fled to Jordan and Turkey.

[29 April 2012] UNRWA; Empowering Palestinian Youth Refugees - Remember Palestine - English A two-day international conference on "Engaging Youth: Palestine Refugees in a Changing Middle East" convened by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), concluded on the 20th of April in Brussels with UNRWA Commissioner-General, Filippo Grandi, unveiling ten "Youth Commitments" on behalf of the UN Agency. The commitments also included enhanced vocational training and micro-finance opportunities, fundraising for scholarships, expanding its successful skills programme for young refugees first piloted in Syria, advocacy on rights of special concern to youth. The idea of the conference was to increase Youth participation, economically empowering refugee youth, building and investing in human capital, and youth confronting marginalisation. The edition of the show will focus on the perspectives of youth Palestinians and how the new generations of Palestinians refuges manage pending inherited issues as their right to return and how organizations like the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) can help to empower them.

Discussing the status of Afghan refugees in Iran; The UN High commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, who is on a two-day official visit to Tehran, in a meeting with Iran\'s interior minister said that the best solution to the issue of Afghan refugees is to prepare the ground for their return to their homeland. Meanwhile, Iran\'s interior minister called on the international community to fulfill its commitments towards refugees especially the Afghans.

Reports say funding for over 200,000 Syrian refugees in Iraq\'s Kurdistan Region will finish soon. Resources are stretched and Syrian refugees in Darashakran Camp are requesting more services. Kurdistan\'s regional government says it has already spent $70m on the refugees. But Kurdistan\'s share of this year\'s Iraqi national budget is unclear because the region has started independent oil exports via Turkey.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that around one thousand families have fled from a battle in central Syria to the Lebanese border town of Arsal. The UNHCR says the families were forced to walk more than 30 kilometers to reach safety. The refugees have reportedly fled from the strategic al-Qalamoun area in the north-east of Damascus. The Syrian army is fighting militants there to cut supply lines to insurgent-held areas near Damascus. Activists say fighting has intensified in the mountainous region. Lebanese officials say around 1-point-4 million Syrians have taken refuge in their country so far.

Thousands of Syrian refugees have chosen Turkey as their destination after fleeing the conflict in their own country. An increasing number of these refugees are now sleeping on the streets of the Turkish city of Istanbul. Some are lucky and sleep in makeshift camps, while others have no shelter whatsoever.

[25 Mar 2014] Malnutrition putting the lives of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon at risk - English

[23 Apr 2014] Syrian refugees in France living in dire conditions - English

[20 May 2014] Amnesty: Syrian refugees in Lebanon face healthcare crisis - English

[30 Jan 2015] Reporter\'s File - Plight of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon - English

[22 July 2012] Palestinian refugees face unjust situation during Ramadan - English Since Israelis occupied Palestine in 1948, thousands of Palestinians were forced to leave their homes, and they found themselves living in refugee camps far away from their original towns and villages. In Ramadan, the situation gets more difficult for these people. This story is not an exception, and it is similar to thousands of others. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), there are about five million Palestinian refugees. 1.2 million of them live in the besieged Gaza Strip under very hard humanitarian circumstances.

[12 Aug 2012] New Delhi Muslims arrange iftar for Rohingiya Muslim Refugees - English These people would cherish to have such evening coming every day in their life, but they can have it just once. Sunday evening was a moment of joy for hundreds of rohingiya muslims in New Delhi who have been ignored by the world community and left into destitution. A nonprofit organization khudai khidmatgaar arranged an iftaar for these people who are running short of food supplies, water and other basic essentials during this holy month of Ramadan.

[10 Dec 2012] Lebanon includes more than 200 thousands Syrian refugees - English

[10 Dec 2012] Afghan Refugees enjoy high quality services in Iran - English

[25 Jan 2013] Bosnian refugees urged to return home - English

[13 Mar 2013] Israel attempts to revoke Palestinian refugees\' right to return - English

[21 April 2013] Jordan prevents Syrian refugees from returning home - English

[08 Sept 2013] Scores of Syrian refugees escape to Iran\'s Esfahan - English

[08 Sept 2013] Syrian refugees hope to continue education in Iraqi Kurdistan - English

[09 Sept 2013] Iraqi Kurds donate food for Syrian refugees - English

[06 Oct 2013] Palestinian refugees protest UNRWA aid cut - English

[09 Oct 2013] Syrian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan region relocated ahead of winter - English

Around 200,000 Syrian refugees are currently living in camps through out Turkeys border regions. Turkey shares a 900 km border with Syria. It has been a staunch critic of the government in Damascus . Damascus on the other hand claims Turkey is the biggest perpetrator of the crimes taking place in their country.

An increasing number of Syrian refugees in Turkey left without a shelter.

As the fighting intensifies in Syria, Lebanon continues to struggle with the influx of Syrian refugees crossing its border.

Hundreds of Syrian refugees, fleeing insurgent infighting, have entered the Turkish border town of Akcakale. The residents of the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad in the northeastern province of Raqqah fled their homes after fierce infighting between al-Qaeda-linked militant groups. Turkish authorities closed the border crossing in Tel Abyad after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captured the town earlier this week. Up to 100 insurgents from another al-Qaeda-linked group, the Nusra Front, have been captured and shot dead by ISIL militants in the town. The rise of infighting between rival militant groups in Syria comes in the run-up to an international peace conference on Syria, known as Geneva two.

In Syria, Palestinian refugees at the Yarmouk camp on the outskirts of the capital Damascus are faced with starvation. Reports from the camp say people have started hunting cats, dogs and donkeys. This is while foreign-backed insurgents are still holed up inside, and government forces keep fighting to force them out. Reports say seventy-eight people, including 25 women and three children, have died as a result of food shortage there. Syria has been gripped by a foreign-backed insurgency for nearly three years now.