NEW : Ban toured Manik Farm , a sprawling camp for internally displaced people in the country 's north , days after Sri Lanka declared victory in a 25-year civil war against the Tamil Tigers rebels . Ban Ki-moon says camp contains `` the most appalling scenes I have seen '' NEW : Ban asks president to grant unrestricted access to humanitarian agencies . About 250,000 to 300,000 people are refugees in the country , aid agencies say . The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that more than a million Syrians had fled their homes since last week, with many of them living in makeshift camps and other areas outside Damascus.
NEW : Ban Ki-moon says camp contains `` the most appalling scenes I have seen '' NEW : Ban asks president to grant unrestricted access to humanitarian agencies . About 250,000 to 300,000 people are refugees in the country , aid agencies say . The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that more than a million Syrians had fled their homes since last week, with many of them living in makeshift camps and other areas outside Damascus.