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I International interest in the Syrian crisis is
completely inadequate

Today, 10.8 million people in Syria and in exile need emergency
humanitarian aid. However, international support and sensitivity to
the Syrian crisis is quite inadequate. The contribution made by wealthy
countries to the suffering people here is negligible at best; only 79,180
promises of resettlement have come from countries with a high level

of prosperity, just one-fifth of the number needed.
Amnesty International has started a campaign under the

heading #OpenToSyriato draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in the
region. The campaign is intended to put pressure on prosperous coun-
tries to admit more Syrian refugees through resettlement and other pro-
grams by raising world public opinion.

Within the scope of this campaign, a new
report has been published concerning the
struggle to survive of Syrian refugees who
have fled the conflict in the country and are
living in neighboring countries. The
report is titled “Hardship, Hope and Reset-

tlement: Refugees from Syria Tell Their
Stories."

The campaign
with the hashtag
#OpenToSyria,
launched by
Amnesty Inter-
national to call
for the world to
welcome the
Syrians, has
been a great ini-
tiative on behalf
of human rights.

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