Immigrants
According to the Syrian Ministry of Expatriates, the Syrian diaspora is estimated at over 18 million people who emigrated to North America (United States and Canada), Europe (including Sweden, France and Germany), South America (mainly in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Colombia), Australia and Africa. An estimated one million Syrians live in the USA, including those who are third or fourth generation Arab Americans of Syrian descent.
The Syrian diaspora happen to be from different religious backgrounds including Muslims, Christians and Jews.
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