Lebanon at real risk of 'humanitarian catastrophe', UN says
Nearly a month into the Middle East war, Lebanon is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis that now risks teetering over into a catastrophe, the U.N. refugee agency warned Friday.
Since March 2, more than a million people -- one in five residents -- have been forced to flee their homes, said the UNHCR.
"The situation remains extremely worrying and the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe... is real," Karolina Lindholm Billing, the agency's representative in Lebanon, told reporters in Geneva, speaking from Beirut.
Source: Agence France Presse
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