• Since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in March 2011, over 1.5 million Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon, and constitute nearly one-fourth of the Lebanese population today. (wikipedia.org)
  • These numbers only serve as estimates, however, given other refugees' fear of registering with what they believed to be a pro-Assad Lebanese government. (wikipedia.org)
  • Along with Syrians, the influx of refugees due to the Syrian civil war included 35,000 Lebanese returnees and 31,502 Palestinian refugees from Syria. (wikipedia.org)
  • As of 2023, most Lebanese sources estimate that the Syrian population in Lebanon has reached between 1.5-2 million refugees. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Lebanese government sought to protect its domestic workers from the sudden influx of competing workers by denying Syrian refugees the possibility of legal employment. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a result, Syrian refugees, with significant competition from local Lebanese workers, opened informal businesses selling products below market prices. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Lebanese government refused to set up official refugee camps to avoid the permanent settlement of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. (wikipedia.org)
  • But the plan is meeting stiff resistance from Lebanese officials, who fear that elevating living conditions for Syrian refugees ever so slightly will discourage them from returning home once the fighting ends. (ynetnews.com)
  • It underlines the nation's deep seated fear of a repeat of the 1975-1990 war, for which many Lebanese at least partly blame Palestinian refugees. (ynetnews.com)
  • Lebanese officials say they are aware of the magnitude of the crisis, the health risks involved and the possibility that deepening resentment of refugees among the hosting population could turn into an armed conflict inside Lebanon as the civil war drags on in Syria. (ynetnews.com)
  • Still, they insist the government will not approve any plans for setting up refugee camps or sanction erecting any kind of structure specifically designed to accommodate refugee families on Lebanese soil no matter who designs it and who pays for it. (ynetnews.com)
  • According to the Lebanese Disasters Emergency Committee, there are over 400,000 Syrian refugees in the country. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said in late January that his small country's capabilities had been exhausted, but that Syrian refugees kept on coming. (globalsecurity.org)
  • BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) - Shivering in the snow, Syrian Aisha Mohammad looked at the last-minute charity that saved her children from freezing during the smack of a particularly tough Lebanese winter: a wood-burning stove complete with twigs and garbage to ignite in hopes of warming her drafty tent in an icy eastern plain. (ksl.com)
  • Syrian refugees said the Lebanese army joined the efforts, handing out blankets and mattresses from the back of jeeps. (ksl.com)
  • Charity officials in Lebanon said they planned to distribute more aid, particularly to the 120,000 Syrian refugees living in 430 makeshift encampments scattered throughout the eastern Lebanese mountainous plain of the Bekaa. (ksl.com)
  • With the European Union's support, over 230,000 Syrian refugees and more than 217,000 vulnerable Lebanese nationals are eligible to withdraw cash from cashpoints every month - which they use to purchase food and other essential items. (wfp.org)
  • Lebanese security forces have committed shocking violations against Syrian refugees who have been arrested, often arbitrarily, on terrorism-related charges, employing some of the same atrocious torture techniques that are used in Syria's most notorious prisons, said Amnesty International in a damning new report published today. (amnesty.org)
  • Amnesty's report, "I wish I would die": Syrian refugees detained on terrorism-related charges and tortured in Lebanon , documents an array of violations committed by primarily Lebanese military intelligence against 26 detainees, including fair trial violations as well as torture - including beatings with metal sticks, electric cables, and plastic pipes. (amnesty.org)
  • This report offers a snapshot of the Lebanese authorities' cruel, abusive and discriminatory treatment of Syrian refugees detained on suspicion of terrorism-related charges. (amnesty.org)
  • There is no question that members of armed groups responsible for human rights abuses must be held accountable for their actions, but the Lebanese authorities' flagrant violation of Syrian refugees' right to due process has made a mockery of justice. (amnesty.org)
  • While observers blame the political elite for years of corruption and mismanagement and for now impoverishing most of the population with its policies, the same political class is scapegoating the refugees to deflect from its own responsibilities, said Lebanese analyst Dania Koleilat Khatib. (voanews.com)
  • Observers argue there is a false impression that Lebanese must compete with Syrians for resources and that refugees get lots of money from relief organizations. (voanews.com)
  • Khatib, president of the Research Center for Cooperation and Peace Building in Beirut, told VOA that Lebanese politicians may be using the refugee situation as a pawn. (voanews.com)
  • Meanwhile, rights groups reported in recent weeks an increase in anti-refugee rhetoric from Lebanese politicians. (voanews.com)
  • Lebanese analyst Khatib told VOA that international refugee law requires a voluntary, safe and dignified return of all refugees. (voanews.com)
  • euronews: "What effect has there been on the Lebanese economy from the increase in investments and Syrian manpower? (euronews.com)
  • The government has asked various Arab and international players to help it take care of the Syrian refugees, but it seems that the Lebanese government has not received what it asked for. (euronews.com)
  • Lebanese officials often have exploited the refugee presence for political gain. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • Lebanese authorities note that the country is host to about two million Syrians, far more than the more than 800,000 officially registered with the United Nations, the highest ratio of refugees to resident population in the world. (asianews.it)
  • In recent weeks, the Lebanese army has intensified its crackdown on undocumented Syrians, with about 450 arrested and at least 66 deported. (asianews.it)
  • In view of the situation, Amnesty International has urged Lebanese authorities to "immediately stop deportations", adding that refugees risk "torture or persecution" upon return. (asianews.it)
  • Most of the refugees in Lebanon and Jordan suffer from tough living conditions, especially with the ongoing Lebanese economic crisis as well as the global economic crisis. (aa.com.tr)
  • In addition, and as part of our contingency planning, we are working with the Lebanese authorities to identify two transit sites to accommodate refugees temporarily until appropriate accommodation can be found. (yalibnan.com)
  • This grant will increase refugees' ability to find accommodation, purchase needed clothes, kitchen, and other household items on the Lebanese market and therefore also contribute to the Lebanese economy. (yalibnan.com)
  • The study finds that the agriculture sector is capable of absorbing refugees because of multiple reasons: the sector's informality, the long history and connection of Syrian workers to ​Lebanon's agriculture, the dependence of the sector on cheap labor and the lack of competition with Lebanese agriculture workers, the "legality" of refugee work in agriculture, and the investment of international organizations in the sector. (edu.lb)
  • In fact, refugees actively distance themselves from any form of mobilization in cases of exploitation, whether from the Syrian shaweesh or Lebanese landowners and employers. (edu.lb)
  • Anera's innovative non-formal education program is tailored to the critical needs of an under-served target group of more than 11,000 youth, including Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanese boys and girls between 14-18 years of age. (anera.org)
  • Being a Syrian refugee studying in a Lebanese university had its own racist burdens on these topics, but I won't get into that. (grin.com)
  • Lebanon has closed its borders to refugees fleeing Syria's civil war, overwhelmed by an influx of over one million people displaced by fighting, UN and Lebanese officials said Saturday. (dailysabah.com)
  • Lebanese politicians have long warned that the country cannot continue to shoulder such a disproportionate refugee burden, and calls for the closure of the border have increased after numerous security incidents. (dailysabah.com)
  • In August, Syrian extremist groups crossed into the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, sparking clashes with the military that left dozens dead. (dailysabah.com)
  • A Lebanese army soldier gestures at a military vehicle at the entrance of the border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. (thenationalnews.com)
  • But after last week's suicide attacks on Lebanese army troops carried out by extremists at refugee camps, they are also facing calls for their expulsion back to the war they fled. (thenationalnews.com)
  • On Friday, army raids on two Syrian refugee camps in the notoriously lawless town of Arsal on the Lebanon-Syria border were met with five suicide bombers, the Lebanese government said. (thenationalnews.com)
  • After Friday's attack, Lebanese politicians - some of whom have long warned that the crush of Syrian refugees poses an existential threat to Lebanon - are increasingly calling for their expedited expulsion even though the war in Syria is still raging. (thenationalnews.com)
  • That's why we must confront the refugee crisis bravely and through a firm decision from the Lebanese state. (thenationalnews.com)
  • For years, Lebanese politicians have claimed that refugees pose a grave security threat to the country and have used this sentiment to justify restrictions and crackdowns on the community. (thenationalnews.com)
  • The Syrian Coalition, which represents the Syrian opposition in exile, claimed the Lebanese army and Hizbollah attacked Syrian refugees in Arsal on Friday after the attack, resulting in the death of a number of refugees. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Refugees were humiliated and treated as hostages by the Lebanese army and Hizbollah militias," the coalition said. (thenationalnews.com)
  • The coalition calls on the Lebanese authorities to provide the necessary protection for Syrian refugees in accordance with international law until such time as they can return to their homeland. (thenationalnews.com)
  • And finally, it illustrates how Syrian-Lebanese migrations have a consolidated history based on mutual economic interests, and social and cultural ties. (bris.ac.uk)
  • The Lebanese army said in a statement Thursday that it prevented 1,200 Syrians from crossing into Lebanon this week alone. (yahoo.com)
  • Agriculture and agri-food processing are sectors with a big potential of generating income for both the Lebanese and refugee communities in the Akkar, and other rural regions. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • In Lebanon, the PCPM Foundation supports agricultural cooperatives in three Lebanese regions (Akkar, Bekka, Mount Lebanon) by training employees of processing cooperatives and farmers, and by strengthening the export of Lebanese food products to European Union countries. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • Agriculture and agri-food processing in Akkar are the sources of income for the Lebanese community and Syrian refugees. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • In the town of Qubayat, near the Lebanese-Syrian border, we have extended the sewage treatment plant, increasing its capacity in the discharge and neutralization of pollutants by more than half. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • During the construction, we hired Syrian refugees and the most needy Lebanese. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • The recent increase in anti-refugee sentiment across Lebanese society has fueled the intensification of raids aimed at returning Syrian refugees. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • NGOs argue that the UNHCR should apply more pressure on the Lebanese government to prevent the deportations and protect the rights of Syrian refugees. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • We call on the international community to increase support to the Lebanese authorities trying to cope with the spiraling numbers of Syrian refugees, who had to leave their homes to escape Assad's death machine. (etilaf.org)
  • We also call on the Lebanese government to take immediate measures to put an end to unethical practices carried out by sectarian groups in Lebanon against Syrian refugees, including harassment, restriction of freedoms, and in some cases physical violence. (etilaf.org)
  • The program seeks to ensure Syrian refugee children as well as other vulnerable Lebanese children have a holistic, well-rounded primary school education and a strong psychosocial support system. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Jusoor's Refugee Education Program is designed to prepare students to transition into Lebanese formal schooling as smoothly as possible and catch up on gaps in education that many of Jusoor's students have experienced. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Jusoor's Brevet Bridging the Gap program works with in-school Syrian children and youth at the Intermediate school level to prepare them for the Lebanese Brevet Exam - a required exam needed to progress to the Secondary (High School) level in Lebanon. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Lebanese officials told him to return to the Syrian border to renew his permit. (angelusnews.com)
  • Some offices still show the special flag of the Chaldeans in Lebanon: a Lebanese cedar overlays the traditional Chaldean flag. (angelusnews.com)
  • The Lebanese Armed Forces have recently and summarily deported hundreds of Syrians back to Syria, where they are at risk of persecution or torture. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • Since the beginning of April, the Lebanese Armed Forces have been carrying out discriminatory raids on the houses of Syrian refugees in neighborhoods across Lebanon, including Mount Lebanon, Jounieh, Qob Elias, and Bourj Hammoud, and then immediately deporting most of them. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • Interviewees, including refugees registered with the UNHCR since 2012, told the organizations that the Lebanese Army drove the deportees to the border and handed them directly to the Syrian authorities. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • Lebanese media outlets have been criticized for their use of language about Syrians, sparking increasing tensions between host communities and refugees. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • To give you an idea of the scale of this situation, a medical appointment now costs 3 million Lebanese pounds, yet the minimum wage is 450,000 pounds," said Oumayma Farah, vice chairwoman of the Order of Malta in Lebanon. (medscape.com)
  • According to Elie Haddad, MD, chairman of the EuroLebanese Medical Society, an association uniting healthcare professionals of the Lebanese diaspora to aid their fellow citizens who have remained in Lebanon, "Confessionalism and corruption are the two gaping wounds in Lebanese society. (medscape.com)
  • Although the Lebanese people were plunged into a healthcare crisis 2 years ago, refugee populations in their country (numbering approximately 1 million inhabitants) are still cared for by NGOs, said Olivier Routeau, director of operations at Première Urgence Internationale. (medscape.com)
  • An evaluation of the World Food Programme emergency school feeding programme in Lebanon among Lebanese and Syrian refugee children. (bvsalud.org)
  • UNHCR statistics indicate a massive influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon between 2012 and 2014, which overwhelmed Lebanon's already crumbling infrastructure and public institutions. (wikipedia.org)
  • About 10 percent of the refugees are accommodated in unfinished private houses, and others live in garages, shops and collective shelters, according to the UNHCR. (ynetnews.com)
  • But Mikati highlighted a "positive development," saying that Lebanon had "reached an agreement with the UNHCR on the exchange of information pertaining to the Syrian presence in Lebanon. (arabnews.com)
  • Nine years into the Syrian conflict, nearly 1.5 million Syrian refugees are currently living in Lebanon, of whom about 950,000 are registered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). (refugeesinternational.org)
  • According to UNHCR, more than 60 percent of Syrian refugees are settled in north Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley in the east-two of the most deprived regions in the country. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • Lebanon hosts around 1.5 million Syrian refugees, about 900,000 of whom are registered by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). (aa.com.tr)
  • Jordan, which shares a 375-kilometer (233-mile) border with Syria, hosts approximately 1.4 million Syrians, nearly half of them registered as refugees by the UNHCR. (aa.com.tr)
  • According to the UNHCR, 6.6 million Syrians had to leave the country, which before 2011 had a population of around 22-23 million. (aa.com.tr)
  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued an update on the Syrian Refugees which shows that Lebanon has the largest number of Syrian refugees. (yalibnan.com)
  • UNHCR is expanding registration and assistance for Syrian refugees to keep pace with the numbers crossing into neighbouring countries each day, according to the report. (yalibnan.com)
  • In Lebanon, UNHCR registers an average of 1,500 refugees daily through its four registration centres across the country, and is increasing capacity to respond to growing needs. (yalibnan.com)
  • UNHCR has also strengthened its outreach to Syrian refugees, with close to 11,000 home visits carried out by dedicated field teams and our implementing partner, International Relief and Development (IRD) across all governorates in Jordan since April of last year. (yalibnan.com)
  • UNHCR staff, NGOs and outreach workers have noticed a significant increase in the needs of urban refugees over the past couple of months, as the situation becomes more prolonged and as people struggle to support their families. (yalibnan.com)
  • The Vulnerability Assessment for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (VASyR 2022) was conducted jointly by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). (unhcr.org)
  • Refugees Operational Data Portal by UNHCR is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License . (unhcr.org)
  • We informed (the UN refugee agency) UNHCR that we are no longer able to receive displaced people," he added. (dailysabah.com)
  • Kelley said some refugees were still entering under the humanitarian criteria, which the government has yet to publicly explain or share with UNHCR. (dailysabah.com)
  • UNHCR has regularly urged the international community to provide Lebanon with greater assistance to tackle the influx. (dailysabah.com)
  • Owing to its geographic proximity, the overlap in language and historical relations with itsneighbour, Lebanon is one of the most obvious destinations for Syrians trying to escapethe civil war, and around 1.2 million have registered there with the UNHCR. (bris.ac.uk)
  • While Lebanon hosts approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees, with around 805,000 officially registered with the UNHCR, both registered and unregistered refugees are being targeted for deportation. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • One example is the case of Ayed, a 40-year-old Syrian refugee who had registered with the UNHCR in 2013. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • Despite registering with the UNHCR upon arriving in Lebanon, Maalek continues to live in fear of deportation and potential harm. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • The UNHCR , which is responsible for protecting refugees in Lebanon, has been criticized for its limited effectiveness in addressing the situation. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • The UNHCR chief António Guterres announced earlier that the number of Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon has surpassed the "devastating milestone" of one million. (etilaf.org)
  • The assessment, jointly issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP, dataviz.vam.wfp.org), demonstrates that economic vulnerability is, at best, as serious as previous year. (unhcr.org)
  • Many of those forcibly returned are registered or known to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). (paxforpeace.nl)
  • It's the fear of everything permanent, or semi-permanent, because of the Palestinian experience in Lebanon," said Makram Maleeb, a program manager for a Syrian refugee crisis unit at Lebanon's Ministry for Social Affairs. (ynetnews.com)
  • NEW YORK CITY: Lebanon's political gridlock, the occupation of parts of its territory and the Syrian refugee crisis have led to an "unprecedented economic, financial and humanitarian crisis" that "threatens the very existence" of the country, Prime Minister Najib Mikati has told the UN. (arabnews.com)
  • He commended the role of the five-nation group on Lebanon, which includes Saudi Arabia, as well as France's efforts aimed at resolving the crisis. (arabnews.com)
  • International and regional donors-that provided more than US$7 billion to the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) between 2012 and 2018-have helped Lebanon cope with the challenge. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • The current crisis has largely overshadowed the issue of Syrian refugees and pressures for their return. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • Despite its massive challenges, the crisis should serve as an opportunity to radically change Lebanon's approach toward refugees and its most impoverished citizens. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • The situation is not much better in Lebanon, where the local population is growing increasingly impatient towards the refugees blamed for the country's crippling economic crisis. (asianews.it)
  • According to Lebanon's General Security Directorate, the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is 2,080,000, and most of them suffer from difficult conditions amid the current financial crisis. (famagusta-gazette.com)
  • SAMS Hellas is the Greek division of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Foundation, the international medical organization working on the front lines of medical crisis resolution in Syria, improving and saving lives in countries where public health stability needs to be strengthened (Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Bangladesh and elsewhere). (sams-usa.net)
  • The economic crisis in Lebanon, coupled with restrictive policies against refugees, has worsened their living conditions. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • The Syrian conflict, which began in 2011, has resulted in the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with millions of Syrian refugees fleeing to neighboring countries including Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey 1 . (cdc.gov)
  • That has drawn attention to long-ignored warnings that the traditional aid approach has fallen short in the most devastating refugee crisis in a generation, said Belhaj and others. (cbc.ca)
  • But donor funds are waning as the Syrian refugee crisis drags on with no end in sight for a war now in its fifth year. (cbc.ca)
  • Increased competition for work means wages are half or less what they were before the Syrian crisis. (angelusnews.com)
  • These are in addition to five other ongoing Grade 3 emergencies: the complex humanitarian crisis in Iraq (graded in August 2014), the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa (graded in July 2014) and the conflicts in Central African Republic (graded in December 2013), South Sudan (graded in February 2014) and Syrian Arab Republic (graded in January 2013). (who.int)
  • the crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic includes Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey). (who.int)
  • Paris, France - Forty years after the creation of TULIPE, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that gathers funds from pharmaceutical companies to provide an emergency response during times of crisis, in 1982, NGO representatives and TULIPE partners have reviewed the healthcare situation in Lebanon, which is "sinking into the depths of a black hole," according to Alexandre Laridan, TULIPE's director of operations. (medscape.com)
  • Due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, it has become hard to find high-quality medicinal products, and a black market of prescription drugs has developed. (medscape.com)
  • The crisis isn't over for Palestinians seeking refuge in Lebanon. (medscape.com)
  • 2015). The scale and scope of the of conflict-affected countries (Coutts left Burundi during 2015-2017, 20% ongoing refugee crisis has exposed et al. (who.int)
  • To maintain their livelihoods, many refugees resorted to child labor and prostitution, increasing the pressure on them to return to Syria or leave Lebanon for other destinations. (wikipedia.org)
  • In another encampment in the town of Arsal on the Lebanon-Syria border, hundreds gathered around a center run by the Danish Refugee Council, where workers distributed emergency fuel coupons as boys sledded gleefully down a nearby a hill on a plastic sheet. (ksl.com)
  • Syrian refugees return from Lebanon at the Zamarani border crossing north of Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 24, 2018. (xinhuanet.com)
  • Corm: "The solution is that things calm down in Syria, so the Syrian refugees can go back to their country. (euronews.com)
  • Despite officially closing its border with Syria, Turkey over the years has regularly allowed access for humanitarian and medical reasons, and has at times allowed Syrians to go home for family visits during major holidays. (asianews.it)
  • An Omran report added: "The economic situation and security in Syria are among the reasons why Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan do not want to return to their country despite their poor living standards. (aa.com.tr)
  • Türkiye hosts some 3.7 million Syria refugees, more than any country in the world. (aa.com.tr)
  • Türkiye has worked to stabilize border regions in Syria not under regime control to enable Syrians' voluntary resettlement. (aa.com.tr)
  • Lebanon's Foreign Ministry on Monday said it appreciates the position of the Saudi foreign minister on encouraging dialogue with Syria to address the return of refugees, Elnashra news website reported. (famagusta-gazette.com)
  • Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it praises the position of the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in the Munich Security Forum, where he indicated that "another approach has begun to take shape to address the Syrian refugees' issue in neighboring countries and the suffering of civilians, especially after the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Türkiye. (famagusta-gazette.com)
  • Ninette Kelley, UNHCR's representative in Lebanon, confirmed increased restrictions at the border with Syria. (dailysabah.com)
  • That firm decision, he said, was returning refugees to Syria as soon as possible, without waiting for a political solution to the conflict. (thenationalnews.com)
  • In the early years after conflict broke out in Syria in March 2011 , Lebanon received hundreds of thousands of refugees. (yahoo.com)
  • Furthermore, Syrian refugees contribute the work to the archeological mission of the University of Warsaw that excavates, among others, 12th century castle at Lebanon-Syria border. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • Malek, another Syrian refugee, shared his harrowing story of being arrested in Syria during his military service and subsequently attempting to rescue family members who were also detained. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • Syrian teacher Abdul Hussain* says most children attending have some kind of psychological problems because of what they've been through Syria . (concern.net)
  • Arabic, the official language of Syria, is spoken by approximately 90% of Syrians. (cdc.gov)
  • A Syrian passport, processed in Greece and registered in the Balkan countries, was found near one of the Paris suicide bombers, raising the possibility one of the assailants may have crossed into Europe with refugees fleeing Syria. (cbc.ca)
  • Since June 2013, Jusoor's Refugee Education Program in Lebanon has helped thousands of displaced Syrian children continue their education outside of Syria. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Lebanon hosts some 1.5 million refugees from Syria, yet allows no large camps to be established. (lifeonearthpictures.com)
  • The deportations have been accompanied by other measures intended to coerce Syrian refugees to return to Syria. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • Lebanon should halt summary deportations to Syria, which are in breach of the principle of non-refoulement. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • Lebanon is also one of the countries that receives the highest number of refugees from Syria, and today nearly 1.5 million refugees live here - in a country with approximately 4.5 million citizens. (lu.se)
  • The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law has launched a new project that aims to develop a human rights-based corps of Syrian legal practitioners who can contribute to shaping the future of post-conflict Syria. (lu.se)
  • Iraq, and the Syrian Arab Republic are among the hot spots regions of Lebanon (Figure 1). (cdc.gov)
  • Traditional humani- roundings of refugees and internal y and the Syrian Arab Republic. (who.int)
  • He highlighted 2023 as marking the 80th anniversary of Lebanon's independence, adding that over the past eight decades, Lebanon "has been striving to deserve its place among the peace and welfare-loving nations. (arabnews.com)
  • On a casual walk in Beirut, one finds Syrians sheltering in underground parking lots, under bridges and old construction sites with no running water, sanitation, electricity or protection from Lebanon's sizzling summers and its freezing winters. (ynetnews.com)
  • 17:27 03/04/2013 BEIRUT, April 3 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Emergencies Ministry plane carrying 26.7 tons of humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Lebanon landed in Beirut on Wednesday. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Karim, a journalist, who was detained for eight days at the Beirut General Security office, said his interrogators asked whether he supported the Syrian president and when he said he did not they beat him harder. (amnesty.org)
  • The Access Center for Human Rights in Beirut says that the military recently conducted many raids to apprehend and deport 336 Syrian refugees who entered the country irregularly. (voanews.com)
  • BEIRUT, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Suheila Idriss, a Syrian woman who fled her devastated town in Aleppo and took refuge in the plains of Marjeyoun in South Lebanon, feels confused and puzzled every day while preparing the traditional iftar for her family. (xinhuanet.com)
  • Corm: "On the contrary: for instance, in Beirut or some of the tourist regions there are furnished apartments for rent, and well-off Syrian refugees have replaced tourism tenants who before came from the Gulf countries. (euronews.com)
  • BEIRUT (AP) - Over a thousand Syrian refugees each week fleeing to Lebanon from their country's worsening economic and financial conditions "could create harsh imbalances" in the small Mediterranean nation, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned Thursday. (yahoo.com)
  • Speaking at the start of a Cabinet meeting Thursday in Beirut, Mikati said what is worrying about the influx in refugees is that most of them are young men and women. (yahoo.com)
  • That's all gone," Mariam Hasan Hallak, 66, told CNA Nov. 1 in an interview at a Caritas Lebanon medical center in Beirut. (angelusnews.com)
  • Although numerous NGOs, such as the Order of Malta or the France-based humanitarian aid NGO Première Urgence Internationale, have long operated in this Middle Eastern country to support refugees, the situation changed drastically after the August 2020 Beirut port explosion. (medscape.com)
  • MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK IN REFUGEE CAMPS in Beirut live in a socially substandard environment of poverty and outright dangerous housing. (lu.se)
  • The first phase of the project is jointly run by RWI and the Beirut Arab University in Lebanon. (lu.se)
  • Influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon has raised country's population by fifth, as hundreds, if not thousands, flood into country daily, joining Palestinians in makeshift camps. (ynetnews.com)
  • Lebanon's refusal to set up any kind of organized accommodation for tens of thousands of Syrians - including refugee camps or government-sanctioned tent sites - is a reflection of its own civil war demons. (ynetnews.com)
  • They remain in Lebanon's 12 refugee camps because Israel and the Palestinians have never reached a deal that would enable them to return to their homes that are now in Israel. (ynetnews.com)
  • In September 2012, a cutaneous leishmaniasis out- trips to multiple refugee camps in eastern Lebanon (the break began among Syrian refugees in Lebanon. (cdc.gov)
  • 4.1 million refugees have been displaced into refugee camps and included punch biopsy specimens for temporary settlements in neighboring countries, including 1 patient/family. (cdc.gov)
  • Across refugee camps in Lebanon, Syrians are enduring the cold and rain of winter - some for the seventh year in a row. (voanews.com)
  • Storm Norma, which has damaged infrastructure, roads and homes across Lebanon, began on 6th January and has affected more than 150 informal refugee camps in Akkar and the Bekka Valley. (islamic-relief.org.uk)
  • Raids on refugee camps are common, but often, those detained are Syrian men who do not have residency documents - an often complicated and sometimes impossible task for refugees here. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Under the traditional approach, the UN and other international agencies are the main pillar of care for refugees, either by financing camps to house them or by providing them food aid and stipends to live off of. (cbc.ca)
  • Without the right to own land, the opportunity for good education, and the right to obtain an ID or passport, hundreds of thousands find themselves in limbo, living in permanent rundown refugee camps.As a light in the darkness there is ULYP - Unite Lebanon Youth Project - a non-profit organisation that focuses on children. (lu.se)
  • The 2016 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees (VASyR) surveyed a representative sample of Syrian refugee households in Lebanon to identify changes and trends in their situation. (unhcr.org)
  • Despite cooperation between NGOs and Government Institutions to provide necessary aid to Syrian refugee populations, refugees struggle to access the aid due to legal status, resource scarcity, poverty and lack of information distribution on these resources. (wikipedia.org)
  • The money would go for development in countries such as Jordan and Lebanon to improve lives for both their own populations and refugees. (cbc.ca)
  • The burden of noncommunicable dis- components of the model into existing gives patients more time for high-quality eases (NCDs) is high among many health system assets were included in interactions and protects doctors from refugee populations ( 1 - 5 ). (who.int)
  • of refugees and IDPs, at a time our research, it is clear that powerful populations is already limited. (who.int)
  • As many as 1.5 million Syrian refugees have fled death and destruction engulfing their homeland by crossing into Lebanon. (voanews.com)
  • Through stifling summers and punishing winters spent in tents and overcrowded apartments, many among the estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon have suffered through economic desperation, hopelessness, hostility and, sometimes, hunger. (thenationalnews.com)
  • The international community should also fulfil its obligations, including by stepping up its assistance, particularly its resettlement and alternative pathways programmes, to help Lebanon cope with the presence of an estimated 1.5 million refugees in the country. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • During the winter season of 2017-18, PCPM is one of four aid agencies in Lebanon that provides Syrian refugees with cash assistance for purchase of heating oil, stoves and blankets. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • In 2017, over 120 Syrian refugees were gainfully employed in public works, overseen by municipalities of Lebanon's Akkar province. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • Since October 2019, food prices in Lebanon have gone up by 998 per cent. (wfp.org)
  • Also, based on a decision to expel any Syrian who entered Lebanon informally after April 24, 2019, the country's General Security Organization (GSO) deported hundreds of Syrians without referring them to a judge. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • The number of Syrian refugees going home from neighboring Lebanon and Jordan has fallen despite the Assad regime's 2019 agreements with those countries, according to analysts. (aa.com.tr)
  • The Omran Center for Strategic Studies, a think tank based in Istanbul, Türkiye, said: "In 2019, 52,000 refugees were repatriated whereas only 10,000-20,000 returned to their homeland in 2020-2022. (aa.com.tr)
  • It's an astounding statistic for the tiny country and represents the highest number of refugees per capita of any country in the region. (ynetnews.com)
  • Per capita, Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees in the world. (arabnews.com)
  • With the government providing none of the facilities and land that authorities in Turkey, Jordan and Iraq have allocated for the refugees, many Syrians in Lebanon live in appalling conditions, finding shelter in slums, tents and tin shacks strung with laundry lines and wedged between farm lands outside towns and cities. (ynetnews.com)
  • This past week, they handed out blankets, mattresses, kerosene heaters, winter clothes, plastic tarps and fuel coupons, hoping to stave off the worst of a battering storm called Alexa that hit Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Turkey, Israel and even the deserts of Egypt with rare snow and rain. (ksl.com)
  • In Turkey, foreign ministry official Yunus Bayrak said workers had insulated tents and delivered winter clothing to refugees. (ksl.com)
  • Damascus (AsiaNews) - Turkey has been accused again of abusing and violating the human rights of Syrian refugees on its territory, while in Lebanon deportation is becoming an ever-greater possibility amid a climate of growing intolerance. (asianews.it)
  • When Syria's civil broke out, Turkey welcomed Syrian refugees in the name of Islamic solidarity, only to backtrack later. (asianews.it)
  • More than three million Syrians have fled their country since the uprising that began in March 2011, with most taking shelter in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. (dailysabah.com)
  • Even Syrians who own property in Turkey are getting their residencies rejected. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • Majority of Syrians escaped to Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • There are over two million Syrian refugees in Turkey, over 700,000 of whom are children according to a recent Human Rights Watch study. (concern.net)
  • Farah Ibrahim is a teacher at a temporary education centre for Syrian refugee children in south-eastern Turkey. (concern.net)
  • With funding from the European Union 's Children of Peace Initiative, Concern has been enabling thousands of Syrian children to restart their education in Turkey this year. (concern.net)
  • Syrian refugee children attend a Concern temporary education centre in south-eastern Turkey, funded by the European Union. (concern.net)
  • The mass influx of Syrians to Europe has been driven by increasingly unbearable conditions in Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Lebanon. (cbc.ca)
  • The project will eventually expand to also Turkey and Jordan, covering three countries currently hosting over 4.5 million Syrian refugees. (lu.se)
  • But several economists point out there are benefits from the influx of refugees, saying their spending is helping - particularly in deprived rural areas. (euronews.com)
  • Syrian refugees walk by their tents at a refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, July 7, 2022. (voanews.com)
  • Ramzi Kaiss, the Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch, told Abu Dhabi's The National newspaper that an alarming rise in anti-refugee rhetoric has accompanied forced deportations, which he believes is "part of the strategy to create a coercive environment in order to get refugees to leave the country. (voanews.com)
  • The Arab League's decision to "normalize" relations with the government of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has pushed a fast-forward button on making life harder for Syrian refugees in the region through deportations and rejections of residencies. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • The deportations come amid an alarming surge in anti-refugee rhetoric in Lebanon and other coercive measures intended to pressure refugees to return, said a group of 19 national and international organizations today. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • According to the United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees, Lebanon hosts more than 1.1 million Syrians, who fled their war-torn country since the uprising against President Bashar Assad erupted in March 2011. (xinhuanet.com)
  • Lebanon hosts some 805,000 United Nations-registered Syrian refugees, but officials estimate the actual number is far higher: between 1.5 million and 2 million. (yahoo.com)
  • A group of seven international aid groups, led by the Norwegian Refugee Council, called for a 'new deal' between donors and hosts. (cbc.ca)
  • That frustrates aid organizations who are desperately trying to manage the massive refugee presence across the country. (ynetnews.com)
  • Many regard the Syrians with suspicion and are worried that the refugees, most of them Sunni Muslims, would stay in the country permanently, upsetting Lebanon's delicate sectarian balance and re-igniting the country's explosive mix of Christian and Muslim sects. (ynetnews.com)
  • If Syrian guest workers are included in that figure, it could be as high as 1 million in a country that has a population of 4 million. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Mikati said that despite the situation in Lebanon, his country is implementing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and aiming to meet the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement. (arabnews.com)
  • So many Syrians are fleeing the war in their country that it has put a severe strain on neighbouring Lebanon's infrastructure - the power grid, hospitals, transportation and other services. (euronews.com)
  • This massive influx has posed immense challenges to this small country, which lacks the adequate resources, infrastructure, and political will to respond to refugees' needs. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • Overall, both official and informal pressures to force Syrians out the country have increased. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • In recent months, the situation of Syrians in Lebanon has become even more precarious because the country faces one of the direst economic and financial crises in its recent history. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • The increasing drift toward repression threatens to further destabilize the country and undermine the situation of all people in Lebanon, including refugees. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • In a statement released yesterday, Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights advocacy NGO, slams Turkish border guards for shooting, torturing and using excessive force against Syrians who try to flee their country which has been devastated by war, and more recently, by an earthquake. (asianews.it)
  • Scared of sudden armed attacks on the hospital, Adnan's parents smuggled him out to Lebanon where they could all live with an uncle in the northern part of the country. (anera.org)
  • Lebanon is already hosting more than 1.1 million Syrian refugees, an enormous strain for a country with a population of just four million. (dailysabah.com)
  • Extreme weather in Lebanon has left thousands of Syrian refugees without shelter and protection, as strong winds, heavy rain and snowfall battered the country last week - blowing away hundreds of tents and makeshift homes. (islamic-relief.org.uk)
  • Towns across the country have enforced curfews on refugees and detentions of Syrians at checkpoints are frequently reported, making many too afraid to stray far from their immediate surroundings. (thenationalnews.com)
  • The Syrian conflict has killed half a million people and displaced half the country's pre-war population of 23 million, including more than 5 million Syrians who fled the country, mostly to neighboring countries. (yahoo.com)
  • As fighting has continued across the country, an increasing number of health facilities have been heavily damaged or destroyed by attacks, leaving thousands of Syrians without access to urgent and essential healthcare services 5 . (cdc.gov)
  • Weights were assigned to each cluster group according to the population of refugees registered in the region and country. (unhcr.org)
  • At least 1.4 million Syrians now live as refugees in Lebanon, a country of only about 4.1 million residents. (angelusnews.com)
  • ULYP has persuaded the best universities in the country to reduce their fees to half the amount for Palestinian refugees, and has also been successful in its fundraising activities. (lu.se)
  • SETTING: Lebanon is a relatively low TB-burden country, but has a high proportion of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). (cdc.gov)
  • Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Environmental Health Management in Refugee Areas, Peshawar, Pakistan, 28 April - 2 May 1991 : papers and country reports. (who.int)
  • In December 2016, IOM asked US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff to evaluate its program of support to Jordan and Lebanon's NTPs for TB control among Syrian refugees. (cdc.gov)
  • In many cases refugees who escaped war, ruthless repression and widespread torture have found themselves arbitrarily detained and held incommunicado in Lebanon, where they face many of the same horrors employed in Syrian prisons," said Marie Forestier, Researcher on Refugee and Migrants Rights at Amnesty International. (amnesty.org)
  • However, the wave of refugees comes just as Lebanon's economic slowdown has hit government finances. (euronews.com)
  • The first wave of refugees came in 1948, with 100,000 Palestinians. (lu.se)
  • While there are a large number of organisations in Lebanon providing services and support to Syrian refugees, including Palestinian Syrians, efforts to curb the growing incidence of slavery and human trafficking are often uncoordinated, limited in their focus and do not always target those most at risk. (freedomfund.org)
  • ABSTRACT Palestinian refugees served by the United Nation Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) are experiencing increasing rates of diagnosis of non-communicable diseases. (who.int)
  • There is an ongoing systematic discrimination against stateless Palestinian refugees in Lebanon - a discrimination that has shaped generations. (lu.se)
  • How do you relate to your Palestinian identity on campus, and how do you bring your academic identity with you when returning to the refugee camp on the weekends? (lu.se)
  • She characterized governing authorities' position as: "If the international community doesn't do what we want, if you put sanctions on us, we will create a problem for these people knowing they can't go to [Syrian President Bashar al-) Assad. (voanews.com)
  • One Syrian girl was killed and several soldiers injured in the attack that led to the detention of about 360 people, the authorities said. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Ghassan recounted stories of extortion by Syrian authorities, who demanded money for the release of detained family members, only to find out later that they had been tortured and killed in Syrian prisons. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • Reports suggest that bribes may be exchanged between refugees and local authorities to obtain the necessary documents for staying in Lebanon. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • Moreover, some local authorities have required Syrians to share their personal information, including their identification documents, residency cards, and proof of residence, and have threatened to deport them if they fail to do so. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • The coercive and hostile environment for refugees has been exacerbated by an alarming rise in anti-refugee rhetoric, in some cases fuelled by local authorities and politicians. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • Authorities should refrain from imposing discriminatory measures and from using derogatory language against Syrian refugees. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • Equally worrying, human rights abuses against Syrian refugees have multiplied, including house demolitions, collective evictions, curfews that single them out, or arrests because they lack extremely hard-to-get residency permits. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • End discriminatory practices against Syrian refugees, such as collective evictions and curfews. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • Several municipalities across Lebanon have imposed discriminatory measures against Syrians, such as curfews to curtail their movement and restrictions on their ability to rent housing. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • The majority of Syrian refugees reside in Northern Lebanon (Akkar District) or the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon's two poorest regions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Adnan el Farmali is 18 years old and lives in Akkar, North Lebanon with his parents and six siblings. (anera.org)
  • The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) continued implementing a project to enhance health care services for Syrian refugees and the host communities in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. (aawsat.com)
  • Ahlam Al Khaled, a health and nutrition educator for International Orthodox Christian Charities, talks with women in a settlement of Syrian refugees in Minyara, a village in the Akkar district of northern Lebanon. (lifeonearthpictures.com)
  • A 2014 assessment indicated that 30% of Syrian households lacked sufficient water, 15% lacked hygiene items, and 40% lacked proper access to latrines. (wikipedia.org)
  • With 80 per cent of Syrian refugees living in urban communities, cash assistance has been instrumental in allowing the most vulnerable households to cover their basic needs such as rental costs. (yalibnan.com)
  • These visits have helped us reach the most vulnerable, including elderly refugees with medical needs and female-headed households. (yalibnan.com)
  • The emergence of female-headed households among the refugee community has pushed many women to reluctantly take on jobs in the agriculture sector. (edu.lb)
  • Since 2012, PCPM has assisted poorest refugee households and host communities in northern Lebanon, in the area immediately adjacent to the Syrian border. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • More controversial is a demand by some in the aid community that, in return for such a 'Mideast Marshall Plan,' Jordan and Lebanon must allow Syrian refugees to work, integrating them more into society. (cbc.ca)
  • Methods: The evaluation consisted of a retrospective review of de-identified Jordan and Lebanon line lists of TB cases and of investigated contacts (Lebanon only). (cdc.gov)
  • Sheikh Naim Qassem, the deputy secretary general of Hizbollah - the Iran-backed Islamist group fighting as a key ally of president Bashar Al Assad - called for Lebanon to coordinate the return of refugees with the Syrian government. (thenationalnews.com)
  • According to information gathered by Amnesty International one of the deceased Syrian men, Anas Hussein al-Hasiki, was arrested from his flat outside al-Qariya camp during the raids. (amnesty.org.nz)
  • Rather than struggling to gather humanitarian aid for refugees, the plans centre around investing billions of dollars, much of it to be raised on financial markets. (cbc.ca)
  • Lebanon is facing criticism for rounding up registered Syrian refugees and forcibly deporting them back to their war-torn homeland, despite the protection offered by the United Nations. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • The rise in anti-refugee rhetoric, much of which is based on misinformation, is contributing to violence and discrimination against refugees. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • One in ten displaced Syrian children in Lebanon is forced to complement family income through work, and is subjected to child marriage, drug and alcohol abuse, violent groups, and begging. (wikipedia.org)
  • Just 6% of displaced Syrian children aged 6-23 months eat the minimum sufficient diet according to UNICEF/WHO standards. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our centers are strategically located in different areas of Lebanon where access to education is limited to displaced Syrian children. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Minimal collaboration between the public, private, NGO, and iNGO sectors in Lebanon has resulted in the fragmented provision of quality education to Syrian refugee children. (wikipedia.org)
  • On any given day in Lebanon, hundreds, sometimes thousands, of refugees arrive in cars loaded with children and belongings. (ynetnews.com)
  • Most of the refugees we en- million cases per year, and the disease primarily affects countered had migrated from Aleppo (74 [67.3%] patients), children ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Roukati, a 40-year-old Syrian refugee mother of eleven children, listens to the sounds from her apartment above, busy spreading cooking oil mixed with spices onto Arabic flatbread. (wfp.org)
  • With the collapse of the local currency, skyrocketing inflation, and the economic and financial recession, about a third of Syrian refugee adults in Lebanon restricted their meals in 2021 to have enough food for their children. (wfp.org)
  • The report documents the cases of 26 Syrian refugees, including four children, detained in Lebanon on terrorism-related charges between 2014-2021. (amnesty.org)
  • But today our lives have turned upside down and I depend with my five children, as most of the refugees in the camp, on the donations of the aid agencies and the locals. (xinhuanet.com)
  • I mainly worked with mixed groups of children: refugees, host communities, migrants and sometimes street and working children (Surgical and mental health sectors). (grin.com)
  • Her youngest children were born in Lebanon, and her eldest daughter is in university. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • At least 70,000 refugees, more than half of whom are women and children, are now considered to be at risk as the bad weather is expected to continue. (islamic-relief.org.uk)
  • As a graduate student, her thesis tackled the issue of communication disorders in Syrian refugee children. (sams-usa.net)
  • in the afternoon, it's the turn of the Syrian children. (concern.net)
  • In collaboration with the Turkish Ministry of Education, this emergency education programme has established temporary education centres in existing Turkish school buildings for Syrian children to be taught in accordance with a revised Syrian curriculum. (concern.net)
  • The programme aims to get more Syrian children back to school, to give Syrian teachers incentive payments and training, to provide psychosocial support for the children, as well as providing teaching and learning supplies. (concern.net)
  • An estimated 500,000 to 600,000 Syrian refugee children in the Middle East and North Africa currently have no access to formal education 10 . (cdc.gov)
  • However, it is likely that the number of children with no access to learning is considerably higher, as these figures only account for registered refugees 10 . (cdc.gov)
  • Almost half of the refugees in Lebanon are children. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Education offers a bridge to a brighter future for millions of Syrian refugee children who have been affected by the conflict. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Two years later, we continue our mission of providing educational and psychological support to Syrian children in Lebanon. (jusoor.ngo)
  • The Seeds of Light program is a multi-year early childhood education program for Syrian children ages 3-5 that uses a whole-child holistic approach to education. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Jusoor's flagship program, the Back to School Primary program provides the hardest to reach out-of-school Syrian children in Lebanon with a pathway back to education. (jusoor.ngo)
  • The Jusoor Homework Club program works with in-school Syrian children at the Primary and Intermediate school levels to provide additional classes in hard sciences and English to help them keep up with their schooling and succeed there. (jusoor.ngo)
  • Nothing justifies taking hundreds of Syrian men, women, and children by force from their beds in the early hours of the morning and handing them to the government they fled from," the organizations said. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • Local and international organizations continue to document horrific violations committed by Syrian military and security forces against Syrian returnees, including children, such as unlawful or arbitrary detention and torture and other ill-treatment, rape and sexual violence, and enforced disappearance. (paxforpeace.nl)
  • In the short term, it creates a breathing space for the children, and in the longer term ULYP hopes to arouse public opinion and affect the entire education system in Lebanon. (lu.se)
  • Cooperatives are an intermediary entity between the communities and the subnational governments and can contribute to improving the resilience of host and refugee communities, promoting sustainable agriculture, creating business opportunities, while providing vulnerable groups with access to income and jobs. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • Islamic Relief is supporting more than half a million Syrian refugees who have fled to neighbouring Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. (islamic-relief.org.uk)
  • Terms of Reference Title: Program Manager (Iraqi Nationals Only) Organization: Syrian American Medical Society Foundation (SAMS) Duty Station: Erbil or Dohuk, with travel to other areas of KRI/Iraq as needed Report to Head of Mission Duration: 6 months, with possibility of extension contingent on new funding BACKGROUND. (sams-usa.net)
  • The programme is being rolled out, first in Lebanon and then in Jordan, with technical support from MasterCard. (wfp.org)
  • En conséquence, l'UNRWA a lancé en 2011 un programme de réforme des soins de santé primaires à l'échelle de l'Office, guidé par le modèle de soins chroniques. (who.int)
  • After losing their homes and their livelihoods, Syrian refugees in Lebanon are now finding their plight worsened by the financial costs, medical stresses, and prejudices that can accompany living in a foreign land. (angelusnews.com)
  • The center is a nongovernmental organization monitoring conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. (voanews.com)
  • Lebanon was one of the founding fathers of this organization … (and had a) remarkable contribution in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," Mikati said. (arabnews.com)
  • EB) is an independent Syrian media organization that was founded in 2011. (enabbaladi.net)
  • Her organization has been working in Lebanon since the 1950s. (medscape.com)
  • In the decades prior to the upheavals, Hezbollah had experienced an extraordinary evolution from being a relatively marginal guerrilla force, conducting sporadic attacks against its arch-enemy Israel in reaction to the latter's military aggression on Lebanon in the late 1970s to early 1980s, into a mature organization, social movement and political party. (lu.se)
  • In recent months, thousands of refugees who had settled near eastern Lebanon's Rayak airbase have been forced from their homes after being deemed a security threat. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Thanks to the funding of Polish Aid, the donor arm of Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PCPM has secured shelter for over 35,000 Syrian refugee families through conditional cash assistance to cover part of the rental fees for apartments or garages. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • They allege such misinformation contributes to violence and discrimination against Syrian refugees. (voanews.com)
  • They often encounter discrimination and exploitation, with landlords charging inflated rents and evicting refugees without proper documentation. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • Refugees also sought shelter in rented rooms, apartments, and garages. (wikipedia.org)
  • The UN refugee agency wants to test these individual housing units with an eye toward using them as shelter for Syrians fleeing their country's civil war . (ynetnews.com)
  • Ahmad al-Oulabi, now taking shelter in the southern village of Rachaya al Wadi in Lebanon, told Xinhua that "during Ramadan, before and after, our main concern remains how to provide our families with the minimum required to secure our living. (xinhuanet.com)
  • In addition to shelter, PCPM aims at providing Syrian refugees with comprehensive assistance that includes access to health care and education, as well as lifesaving assistance during the winter season. (pcpm.org.pl)
  • The assessment to provided valuable insight into refugees living conditions, from the size of their families to the shelter they live in, to their economic vulnerability and food insecurity. (unhcr.org)
  • The majority of Syrian refugees (some 1.1 million) had to build their makeshift shelters ("informal tented settlements") of poor quality on land rented from private landowners. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a result, most Syrian students are absorbed into the private sector for primary education, and the informal sector for supplemental education. (wikipedia.org)
  • Regularize the informal Syrian workforce in sectors like hospitality and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and expand work permits to other sectors in which Lebanon suffers from a major labor shortage, such as nursing. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • It focuses on the informal strategies and processes Syrian refugees use to access employment within the agriculture sector and the labor dynamics and structural challenges that govern Syrian refugees' work. (edu.lb)
  • So refugees have moved into poor neighborhoods or established small informal settlements in border areas. (lifeonearthpictures.com)
  • In the nearby plain of Sarda, Jamila al-Ahmad, displaced from Damascus, told Xinhua "before our displacement to Lebanon, we spent two years in our town being bombed and shelled, and we could not find anything to feed ourselves, but here in Lebanon, we depend on aid we get during Ramadan from the United Nations and the local donors. (xinhuanet.com)
  • For her part, Ilham Soueidan, who was displaced to Hasbaya in South Lebanon from Damascus, told Xinhua "none of the refugees feels the happiness of Ramadan for years. (xinhuanet.com)
  • Lebanon's prime minister Saad Hariri - an anti-Damascus politician who was previously viewed as an advocate by refugees - warned in March that the refugee presence would lead to civil unrest if it continued. (thenationalnews.com)
  • But it's not just Jordan where Syrians must fear deportation. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • His brother Ghassan, who witnessed the deportation, spoke about the desperate situation faced by many Syrian refugees. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • The consequences of deportation vary, with some refugees returning unharmed while others face conscription into the Syrian army or endure torture and ill-treatment. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • Syrian refugees in Lebanon face numerous challenges in their efforts to avoid deportation. (muhammadnajem.com)
  • Palestinians living in Arab countries - including the 450,000 in Lebanon - are descendants of the hundreds of thousands who fled or were driven from their homes in the war that followed Israel's creation in 1948. (ynetnews.com)
  • Instead, Syrian refugees were initially sheltered in accommodation centers and any available housing as long as there was room. (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of the campaign is to express solidarity with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, following a number of suicide attempts made by Syrian refugees who decided they would rather die than to bear a life of agonizing pain and suffering. (etilaf.org)
  • Predictably, as refugee flow intensified, Lebanon's initial welcome of Syrians increasingly waned. (refugeesinternational.org)
  • While life in Lebanon has grown increasingly unbearable for them-the hatred they receive for being Syrian forces them to rarely venture out-at least they encountered no issues with their yearly permit That is, until now. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • The Operational Data Portal (ODP) enables UNHCR's institutional responsibility to provide an information and data sharing platform to facilitate coordination of refugee emergencies. (unhcr.org)
  • Like tens of thousands of impoverished refugees living in tents, shacks and unfinished buildings throughout Lebanon, the family faces a miserable winter as aid organizations scramble to meet their needs, constantly overwhelmed by ever-more people fleeing the Syrian conflict, now entering its third year. (ksl.com)
  • This aid comes within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's keenness, represented by the KSrelief, to provide humanitarian assistance to the needy and Syrian refugees in all fields to alleviate their suffering. (aawsat.com)