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UNHCR: More than 1.5 million people have fled Syria as conditions there deteriorate rapidly, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said Friday in Geneva, according to CBC. "The fact that more than 1.5 million have registered or have appointments with UNHCR sadly means the actual number is much higher," UNHCR said in a statement, without giving an estimate for the total and By Reuters The exodus has accelerated over the past four months and the agency estimates that almost one million refugees have registered since January, UN officials said. Syrias civil war: key facts, important players 5 reasons Turkey is unlikely to go to war with Syria (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.