Photo: Ned Colt/IRC
As neighboring countries struggle to host Syrians fleeing the ongoing civil war, IRC president David Miliband offers three recommendations to help them cope with the crisis, and to help make refugees' lives far from home more livable.
"Syria’s neighbors have been overwhelmed by calls for help. Lebanon is trying to accommodate nearly one million refugees. In Turkey, an estimated 200,000 refugees are in official camps, but at least twice that number are struggling alone in towns and cities. Support from around the world is fitful: only 60% of aid pledges have come in, with only a fraction actually reaching the intended beneficiaries.