Quick News on SYRIA
- The UN estimates that 6,250,000 people have lost their homes in Syria. That is almost exactly the population of the island of Ireland
- There are at least two million refugees who have been forced to leave their homes. This is the equivalent of the population of counties: Galway, Clare, Wicklow, Roscommon, Kildare, Donegal, Kerry, Offaly, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford, Limerick, Mayo, Monaghan, and Kilkenny
- And today sees us celebrate 60 years of the European Convention on Human Rights http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/time-to-start-taking-european-convention-on-human-rights-more-seriously-1.1512422#.UiWXXjcAhRw.twitter
- Irish Government announces aid for Syria http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-aid-syria-1066336-Sep2013/?utm_source=shortlink
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