Emotional plea from UN on eve of Syria talks

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Emotional plea from UN on eve of Syria talks
Euronews

SYRIA -- The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has made a plea to all parties to bring a peaceful resolution to the five-year conflict with talks due to start in Geneva on Friday.

But there are already signs of the hurdles ahead with the Syrian opposition insisting that they will not attend.

They say they have not received convincing answers to demands including an end to airstrikes and blockades.

“Five years of this conflict have been too much,” said De Mistura in an emotional plea to all sides. “The horror is in front of everyone’s eyes. You must know also that we count on you to raise your voice, to say ‘khalas’, it is enough.
You have seen enough conferences, two have already taken place. This one cannot fail.”

The Syrian government, who will send a delegation to the talks, is continuing to claw back territory from rebels with help from Iran and Russia.

As well as the estimated quarter of a million deaths around eleven million Syrians have been displaced.

Many have died in attempting to cross the sea to Europe, giving added impetus to the efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

Source: http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/29/emotional-plea-from-un-on-eve-of-syria-talks/

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[Wilsonandson]

Eleven million Syrians displaced and when the war is over, how many will return? Only those forced to, I imagine.

[BeLars]

Syrians don't want to work in EU countries. They just living with help of Europe government. I understand so there is war in your home country but you can show respect.

[Scott]

Eleven million Syrians displaced and when the war is over, how many will return? Only those forced to, I imagine.

I have worked with groups who have been given refuge due to war and once the war ends a fair number of them are likely to return. I can't give you a statistic, but I would venture to guess that it would be around 30 - 40%. There are a lot of variables, however.

First, it depends who is in power. With the demise of Saddam and the fall of the bathist party, a number of Iraqi's returned (at least to the Kurdish held area). If Afghanistan were stable, a fair number would probably return. Syria will depend on whether Assad is in power or not.

Second, it depends on the level of stability of the country of origin. If it is reasonably stable, the number of returnees will increase. After a war, there is the process of rebuilding and there are jobs in those countries.

Third, it depends on how long they are in the country granting refuge. The longer they are there, the more likely they are to remain. Once they get jobs, buy a house, have children in school the less likely they are to return.

Regardless of what we may think, the area they left is their home land. It is where there friends, their families and their neighbors likely remain. It is a culture with which they are comfortable.