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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| From 8 to possibly 15 million[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Native: Syrian Arabic Also Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, French, English, German, Swedish [Syrian Kurdish diaclcet], Finnish, Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Christianity, Druze, Syrian Jews |
Syria
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Syrian diaspora refers to Syrian people and their descendants who chose or were forced to emigrate from Syria and now reside in other countries as immigrants, or as refugees of the Syrian Civil War.
The estimated number of people of Syrian descent residing outside Syria ranges from 8 to 13 million.[2]: 1 The UNHCR reports that 4.9 million global refugees in 2015 were Syrian nationals.[3] The Syrian nationality law does not grant diaspora Syrians an automatic right of return to Syria, and under the controversial 2018 Absentees Law, the Assad government confiscated property of millions of Syrians.[4][5]
- ^ Singh, Shubha. "Like India, Syria has a large diaspora (With stories on Syrian president's visit)". Theindian News. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Ferris, Elizabeth; Kerisci, Kemal (2016). The Consequences of Chaos: Syria's Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure to Protect. Washington: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 9780815729525. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Figures at a Glance". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Syria: 'Absentees law' could see millions of refugees lose lands | Syria News | Al Jazeera".
- ^ "Syria: Residents Blocked From Returning | Human Rights Watch". 2018-10-16.