Texto base: Syrian Refugees: All You Need to Know   She

Texto base: Syrian Refugees: All You Need to Know Shelly Culbertson, an analyst for the Rand Corporation, is just back from Beirut, where she interviewed refugees who have left their homeland behind and spoke with officials about how they are dealing with the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time. She also spent time in Jordan and Turkey, investigating how to improve public services for refugees. In this Q&A, Culbertson explains how the Syrian refugee crisis evolved and examines how the refugees—and the world—are coping. Syria’s civil war was set off by Arab Spring protests that began in 2011 and challenged the authoritarian regime of President Bashar Assad. A brutal government crackdown followed and violent Islamist groups gained power in many parts of the country. Now, about half of Syria’s population—11 million people—have been displaced, either inside Syria or have taken refuge in other countries, mainly Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Around the globe, 60 million people have been displaced because of war, conflict and persecution— the highest level of displacement in the history of the world, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Last summer, the number topped 50 million for the first time since World War II. […] Arab Spring = a period of violent and non-violent protests and civil war in the Arab world between 2010 and 2012. By Shelly Culbertson. Newsweek. 9/17/15 at 1:41 PM Available at: <http://www.newsweek.com/syrian-refugees-all-you-need-know-373475> Accessed on: October 25, 2015. (Extract)

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Read the text and explain the relationship between the Arab Spring and the Syrian refugee crisis.

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