ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Published purpose

February 2014 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war in the country. The United Nations estimates that more than 130,000 people have been killed, with hundreds of thousands more wounded, due to the violence. Within Syria, some 9.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, 6.5 million of whom are internally displaced. In addition, over 2.4 million Syrian refugees are registered and living in host countries in the region. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the impact of the conflict and host countries are increasingly overstretched by the influx of affected people needing assistance. With the support of DFATD and other donors, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is responding to the conflict in Syria by assisting refugees arriving in Jordan and Lebanon. ICRC is: (1) providing quality emergency medical care to wounded and sick people arriving from Syria; (2) ensuring people seeking refuge are protected in conformity with applicable law; and (3) providing immediate assistance to newly arrived refugees at border crossings.