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30Jul13
Over 645,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The UN Higher Council for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday that its offices in Lebanon completed the registration of more than 50,000 Syrian refugees in July, bringing the total number of those receiving aid to over 645,000.
More than 541,000 Syrian refugees have been registered in Lebanon, while over 104,000 are still waiting for the registration process to be completed, the agency said.
It said 185,000 Syrian refugees were registered in northern Lebanon, or 35 percent of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon; 184,000 in eastern Bekaa region, representing 34 percent; 101,000 in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, representing 18 percent; and 68,000 in southern Lebanon, representing 13 percent.
Lebanon has frequently called on the UN Security Council and international donors to help shoulder the burden of hosting Syrian refugees, the number of which is expected to cross the threshold of 1 million by the end of the year.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees representative in Beirut, Ninette Kelley, said that the UN refugee agency is negotiating with Lebanon over the country's plan to enforce new border controls that could affect the flow of Syrian refugees.
Officials have warned of the security consequences of the influx, and a shortfall in funding to assist both refugees and the people hosting them.
Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman sounded the alarm on Lebanon's incapacity of bearing the rampant spate of displaced Syrians and their massive influx reverberations.
UN Higher Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a report last month that refugees in Lebanon have surpassed 25 percent of its own population and are inflicting a huge burden on the state and people of Lebanon.
[Source: Xinhua, Beirut, 30Jul13]
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