Christian Science Monitor | Lebanon Hosts Over a Million Who Fled Syria, UN Reports New York Times Syrian refugees and the representative of the United Nations refugee agency in Lebanon, Ninette Kelley, discussed how the growing crisis in Syria has created a burden for its neighboring country. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the ... In Lebanon, 1 million Syrian refugees live on $1 a day (+video) Syrian refugees hit million mark in Lebanon UN Says 1 Million Syrian Refugees Are in Lebanon |
Number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon passes 1 million, UN says CNN (CNN) -- The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has passed 1 million, the United Nations' refugee agency said Thursday, making up almost a quarter of the country's resident population. "The influx of a million refugees would be massive in any country. |
Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon top 1 million mark Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — The number of registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon surpassed 1 million Thursday, the United Nations said, marking a “devastating milestone,” even as many more continue to arrive each day. Tiny Lebanon has borne a disproportionate burden ... |
Lebanon's millionth refugee Aljazeera.com After three months in Lebanon I wrote that this miraculous country is held together through money, the fear of going back to the past, and the ingenuity and resilience of the Lebanese. The Syria crisis is testing this assumption to breaking point ... |
Million Syria refugees registered in Lebanon - UN BBC News The number of refugees who have fled Syria and registered in Lebanon has surpassed the "devastating milestone" of one million, the UN says. Lebanon now has "the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide", said the head of the UN refugee ... |
National Post | This teenager is the one-millionth Syrian refugee registered in Lebanon in ... National Post “The number of refugees fleeing from Syria into neighbouring Lebanon surpassed one million today, a devastating milestone worsened by rapidly depleting resources and a host community stretched to breaking point,” a UN statement said. “The influx of a ... |
Syrian refugees in Lebanon surpass 1 million mark CBC.ca The United Nations refugee agency says the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has exceeded one million, calling it a "devastating milestone" for the tiny Arab country with depleted resources and an explosive sectarian mix of its own. Syrian civil war ... |
Lebanon hits 'devastating milestone,' taking in its one millionth Syrian refugee Toronto Star TRIPOLI, LEBANON—A teenager from central Syria became the one millionth Syrian refugee to register in Lebanon on Thursday, a “devastating milestone” for the tiny Arab country with about 4.5 million people of its own, the UN refugee agency said ... |
The Guardian | One million Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon, UN says The Guardian Refugees from Syria, half of them children, now equal a quarter of Lebanon's resident population, the UN high commissioner for refugees said, warning that most of them lived in poverty and depended on aid for survival. The UN agency said the figure was ... |
Human Rights Watch | Lebanon: Domestic Violence Law Good, but Incomplete Human Rights Watch Lebanon's law on domestic violence finally recognizes that women subjected to abuse by husbands and families need protection and legal recourse. But the law has serious flaws and the parliament should consider amendments to fully protect women from ... Lebanon passes disputed domestic violence law Is Lebanon's domestic violence law a win for women? Under pressure from hard-core Islamists, Lebanon decriminalizes wife rape |