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The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Two thousand and 15 the largest number of people seeking shelter in europe since the second world war. People came from syria and afghanistan, the horn of africa, the middle east,. fleeing their homes in hope of better lives. They started with food shortages and surging prices following bad weather and terrible harvests. 20 ten was australia's wettest year in a decade in the witnessed on record. The heat wave has ravaged farm land and destroyed crops over an area the size of portugal. There is another much bigger food crisis on the horizon, one that threatens famine for millions, exodus for millions more. We're looking at a disaster mapped out before us.
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