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BEIRUT, March 24 (KUNA) -- The United Nation Higher Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Sunday that the number of Syrian refugees to
Lebanon has reached 375,000.
Around 238,000 refugees are registered with UNHCR offices in various
Lebanese areas and regions, compared to 136,000 who applied to UNHCR to be
registered respectively, UNHCR's weekly report noted.
The registered Syrian refugees are distributed to various cities, where
which 106,403 live in north Lebanon, 91,870 in Beqa'a, 22,594 in Beirut and
Mount Lebanon, 18,693 in the south.
The influx of refugees to Lebanon, as well as the country's inability to
bear burdens of aid, forced Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Wael Abou
Faour to call upon UN Security Council to hold a session in order to discuss
the issue of Syrian refugees to Lebanon. (end)
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