European lawmakers to file bill on repatriating Lebanon's Syrian refugees
Members of the European Parliament will next month submit a draft resolution related to returning the displaced Syrians who are present in Lebanon to their country, LBCI TV reported on Thursday.
“The Lebanese parliamentary delegation present in Brussels has been informed of this step,” LBCI said.
The delegation “will coordinate with the European lawmakers who will carry out this step,” the TV network added.
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians fled to Lebanon after the country's civil war began in 2011. Authorities say Lebanon hosts around two million Syrian refugees, while nearly 830,000 are registered with the U.N.
Since late 2019, Lebanon has been in the throes of an economic crisis dubbed by the World Bank as one of the worst in modern history, dealing an especially heavy blow to vulnerable communities, including refugees.
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