UNHCR: Nearly 106,000 Syrians Currently in Lebanon
The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has surged into more than 106,280, receiving aid through the efforts exerted by the Lebanese state and its U.N. and non-governmental organization partners, a weekly report issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees said on Saturday.
“Nearly 77,000 are currently registered at the UNHCR in addition to 30,000 refugees who are waiting to be registered,” the statement said.
According to the UNHCR report, there are 41,648 Syrians registered in Northern Lebanon, 32,217 in the Bekaa and 3,149 in Beirut.
The statement pointed out to the difficulties encountering the Syrians, who are fleeing into Lebanon.
“Several refugees are crossing into Lebanon through illegal border crossings after Lebanon's eastern border of al-Qaa was closed,” the report noted.
None of the fleeing Syrians in Lebanon live in camps but are all instead living within local communities.
The U.N. Agency expects the current tally of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to leap to 120,000 by the end of 2012.
The bloodshed in neighboring country, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, has so far killed more than 36,000 people since mid-March 2011.
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