By Jeffrey Cohen/The Conversation
Note: This article is part of a collaboration with Point Taken, a new program from WGBH. The show features fact-based debate on major issues of the day, without the shouting.
The Syrian civil war has entered its fifth year with few signs of ending.
The fighting has forced more than 13.5 million Syrians to flee their homes. Most of the displaced have not left Syria, but have simply moved around the country in an attempt to get out of the way of the fighting.
But approximately 4.8 million others have traveled beyond their nation’s borders in a search for security.
Posted on May 1, 2016