Aoun Draws to Burden of Refugees, Demands Syria Political Solution
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President Michel Aoun pointed out to the negative implications as the result of refugees influx into Lebanon, media reports said on Wednesday.
Aoun drew before his visitors to the negative repercussions of the number of displaced people in Lebanon and stressed that Lebanon wants a political solution to the Syrian crisis, said the reports.
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said in a report that the number of refugees who have fled the civil war in Syria since it broke out in 2011, now exceeds five million.
There are more than 1 million Syrian refugees registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon. The government estimates the true number to be 1.5 million.
Prime Minister Saad Hariri had once said that the “refugee influx has stretched Lebanon's economy to its limit.”
03 May 2017, 13:53
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The refugee are doing great and have a good life in the camps. Iran and hezbstakhfarallah who love the Syrians so much is not only dying for them in Syria. They are also pumping money so they can have a good life. The Shia areas are even opening up theire areas for the Syrians.
03 May 2017, 14:24
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Why isn't Lebanon insisting the U.N pay a fair amount for this situation?
Whilst all the Gulfies refuse to take any refugee's , it is left to a small nation with limited resources to take in over a third of its populace, something that's unheard of.
