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DetlefK

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Wed Oct 7, 2015, 07:39 AM Oct 2015

Poll: 70% of syrian refugees are fleeing from Assad, 30% are fleeing from ISIS. [View all]

https://www.adoptrevolution.org/en/survey-amongst-syrian-refugees-in-germany-backgrounds/

"Adopt a Revolution" is a german-syrian online-movement that was founded in fall 2011 to educate on the syrian civil-war.

According to their polls (multiple answers possible):

Why are Syrians fleeing Syria?
68% - threat to life
13% - economic reasons
8% - avoid draft into syrian army

What kind of violence are they fleeing from?
92% - the war
86% - fear of being arrested or taken hostage
73% - barrel bombs

Who is responsible for the violence?
70% - Assad-regime
32% - ISIS
18% - Free Syrian Army
16% - Al-Nusra
8% - YPG

A majority of Syrians would like to return to Syria. 8% have left for good.

What would have to change in Syria so you would return?
68% - war has to stop
52% - Assad has to go
44% - ISIS has to go
42% - free elections

How to prevent people from leaving Syria?
58% - no-fly-zone (The poll was conducted before Russia started bombing syrian territory. At the time of the poll, the Assad-regime was the only one to employ an air-force in the syrian civil-war.)
38% - no more arms-deliveries to Syria
24% - more humanitarian aid to Syria



The poll was conducted on 889 syrian refugees in Germany, chosen at random.
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