UNHCR Report: 14,000 Refugees Fled Syria Crackdown to Lebanon
Nearly 14,000 Syrian refugees had fled the crackdown in their country to Lebanon according to a report issued on Saturday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
According to the UNHCR the number of registered Syrians in Lebanon includes 8,148 in the north, more than 5,000 in Western Bekaa, and around 1,200 in Northern Bekaa as the numbers are rising daily.
The report said that the UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council are exerting efforts to distribute aid on the refugees in northern Lebanon and in Bekaa.
“The UNHCR is developing a mechanism to ensure that the aid is being distributed on all the Syrians,” the statement said.
The statement noted that most of the Syrians are living with host families or in rented places as other relief organizations surveyed the abandoned facilities for rehabilitation for the number is expected to rise with the new influx of arrivals.
The UNHCR, along with other agencies, said it was already assisting some 110,000 people inside Syria. But it expects the number of those fleeing abroad to increase and is making contingency plans for looking after 100,000 abroad.
At least 9,100 people have been killed in the crackdown by President Bashar Assad on protesters across Syria, according to estimates by monitors.
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