As millions of Syrians leave their country to escape the tyranny of a 4-year-old civil war and what has become a self- proclaimed territory to radical terrorist groups, their homeland suffers its fourth year in disarray.

Where can a country’s worth of people go when they fear for their lives?

A week ago, one could watch a CNN broadcast of newscasters driving along the border filming from an open van door as an enormous sum of people left Syria in search of a safer situation. One in which they would not have to fear for their next generations recruitment into radical terrorism or the public danger that was introduced in 2011 by the Assad regime.

Humans on the sides of these roads could be seen dead or dying from exhaustion, while others marched on to give every breath they had to avoid a similar fate.

It is hard to grasp that this is not even close to the beginning of their strife.

In 2011 when the Assad regime’s violent acts against Syrian protests escalated to civil war, thousands of Syrian refugees were found in neighboring countries. By the end of that year, tens of thousands of Syrians were registered as refugees in other countries.

Four years and hardly any political rest later, neighboring country Turkey is home to approximately 1.9 million Syrian refugees. Turkey’s population has grown by more than 3 million since 2010, with an approximate growth of 1.2 percent over the last five years.

While Syrians march for their lives, Turkey now shoulders an intense population spike without adequate economic resources to handle such a task.

About 14 percent of these refugees are sheltered in camps and over 50 percent of all refugees are under the age of 17, according to CNN.

We are looking at very young people of Syria that are living in dire need of aid in a country that can no longer offer hospitality.

A total of 1.1 million Syrian refugees escaped turmoil across their more southern bordering neighbor – Lebanon. Lebanon, being a drastically less populated country, suffers greatly from the displaced Syrians seeking refuge.

What is America doing?

As America only shelters approximately 1,500 refugees currently, this topic has been pressed upon President Obama and addressed in presidential campaigns as well.

A white house spokesman relayed the president’s efforts of assisting Syrian refugees in numbers closer to 10,000 in the next fiscal year.

Although we offer little aid with resettlement, the United States is the leading contributor to the refu- gee aid in Syria with $574 million donated according to the United Nations.

One can only hope that the UN’s efforts to aid people seeking the basic liberties they are denied in their home country are supported by any country that can help. However, that is a temporary relief.

It is an important step in keeping people displaced from Syria alive, but the real question is when will they be safe at home?