claim: fleeing syria, "a million children are now refugees."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: across the country, 1.75 million children are no longer in school and some 2.5  million are living as refugees or on the run in search of safety, helping to fuel a  global migrant crisis. syria is now the world's biggest producer of both internally  displaced people and refugees. many children have spend several bitter winters  living ...
evidence_2: jul 13, 2017 ... 5.1 million people have fled syria's civil war as refugees, straining the region's  ability to cope and to care for the needs of displaced children. ... the syrian civil  war has set back the national standard of living by decades — now that  healthcare, schools, and water and sanitation systems have been damaged ...
evidence_3: may 25, 2017 ... the syrian refugee crisis remains one of the largest humanitarian crises since  the end of world war ii. the number of refugees who have fled the country now  exceeds five million, including more than 2.4 million children, and millions more  have been displaced internally, according to the united nations.
evidence_4: aug 23, 2013 ... children make up half of all refugees from the syria conflict, according to unhcr  and unicef. most have arrived in lebanon, jordan, turkey, iraq and egypt.  increasingly, syrians are fleeing to north africa and europe. latest figures show  that of the one million syrian refugees under the age of 18, some ...
evidence_5: sep 8, 2016 ... nearly 50 million children displaced; more than half of refugees are children;  nearly half of child refugees from syria and afghanistan. (cnn) nearly 50 million  children ... although a migrant can be a refugee, the term refugee is specifically  used to note people fleeing persecution. "some move with their ...