Miqati: We Will Reconsider Residency of Any Syrian Not Registered as Refugee
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Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati noted on Tuesday that Lebanon is greatly affected by the crisis in Syria, saying that it is a priority for Lebanon to confront any dangers caused by the ongoing flow of Syrian refugees into the country.
He revealed: “We will reconsider the residency of any Syrian who is not registered as a refugee in Lebanon.”
“We sympathize with the Syrian tragedy, but our priority lies in protecting Lebanon and its people,” he stressed during the opening of the Lebanese-Palestinian dialogue conference.
Moreover, Miqati said that authorities have started implementing measures that will prevent the rise in the number of refugees.
Addressing the failure to form a new government in Lebanon, he remarked: “The Lebanese people are fed up with the political deadlock.”
He demanded that national interests be placed above all else, calling on political powers to return to dialogue and abandon the preconditions they have placed over the formation of a new cabinet.
In addition, he highlighted the need for trust to be restored among the various factions, saying that the deadlock should end.
The United Nations’ refugee agency announced on Saturday that the number of Syrians who have fled their war-torn country and came to Lebanon has reached 779,000.
Including all the unregistered Syrians, the actual number is around 1.3 million or about 30 percent of the Lebanese population, said caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour recently
Lebanon had repeatedly appealed to the international community to help it ease the burden of the refugees.
An international meeting in New York recently announced $339 million in additional humanitarian aid in response to the Syria crisis, including $74 million for Lebanon to support Syrian refugees.
08 October 2013, 14:18
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mr. m. why until now you did not start the oil extractions??? what are you waiting for??? israel?? so it steals all then you wake up? come on lebanon will prosper no more debts increase of investment all lebanese will gain in this 14 & 8 if that's the case
08 October 2013, 15:20
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As if lebanon was ever normal. As long as lebanese exist, lebanon will never be normal. Blaming syrians is just pathetic.
08 October 2013, 15:23
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Sannis? Do you feel empowered when you use that word to insult a quarter of lebanons population? No wonder why God keeps cursing lebanon, it's people are so filled with hate.
08 October 2013, 16:44
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how is that an insult? You just want an angle to attack a statement that's true. The Sunnis are being hurt the most by the refugees.
09 October 2013, 13:00
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samleb idk what that means still, and an arab I know said such a word doesn't exist
08 October 2013, 17:46
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texas. You can barely do this in Austin or Dallas. Absolutely not in lebanon. Can or will the texas authorities systematically deport mexicans from Texas?
You can control the borders, the lebanese rio grande... You cant control the interior.
08 October 2013, 22:49
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sure if not the gvt who did not take measures then who is to blame ? LOL
09 October 2013, 10:10
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"the Israelis are stealing them"
If you have the slightest evidence of this, get your government to take the matter to the International Court of Justice.
If you have no evidence, then stop talking nonsense
09 October 2013, 12:58
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ya israeli akid you'll say such nonsense
the government said it has the evidence and WILL file a complaint against apartheid racist polic-pseudostate israel
mansour said it a week ago, but you wouldn't know of course
