Video: Aid agencies 'at breaking point' with influx of Syrian refugees Everybody needs money to scale up to meet the needs of the people that are arriving, whether that's emergency kits on arrival, blankets or even increasing the facilities for sanitation, bathing facilities, just the basic needs for living. Since the beginning of the conflict more than 925,000 Syrians have fled the country. The UN estimates that 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict.