Al-Rahi says EU, world 'raising criminals and terrorists' in Lebanon
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday sounded the alarm over the presence of displaced and "illegal" Syrians in Lebanon, noting that "the safe areas in Syria are much bigger than the area of Lebanon."
"We regret that the European and world countries are not cooperating with Lebanon to resolve the refugee crisis and to return them to their country, because these nations are still using the refugees for political motives in Syria," al-Rahi said, in his Sunday Mass sermon.
"They are putting this heavy burden on Lebanon with its very dangerous repercussions, not realizing that they are raising criminals and terrorists that will target these very countries before any other place," the patriarch warned.
Source: Naharnet
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