Interior Minister says Lebanon unable to cope with more refugees

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05-01-2015 | 06:13
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Interior Minister says Lebanon unable to cope with more refugees
Interior Minister Nouhad Mashnouq said the door is open to Syrians whose entry to the Lebanese territories is justified by work, visit, medical care, education, etc.      

Speaking from Dar al-Fatwa on Monday, Mashnouq stressed that Lebanon is no longer capable of receiving more refugees.     

Lebanon has begun limiting the flow of Syrians entering the country as it struggles to cope with a flood of asylum seekers fleeing the civil war next door.     

The unprecedented restrictions that went into effect Monday establish new categories of entry visas for Syrians and sharply limit the period of time they may stay in Lebanon.        

Groups of Syrians were seen lining up outside the General Security center to regularize their status.       

Lebanon hosts more than a million Syrian refugees and has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world. It already started last year to limit the entry of people fleeing the Syrian civil war.     

The Lebanese government has appealed for funds to help it cope with the number of refugees. Local resentment has occasionally spilled over into attacks on Syrians.       

Many who fled the war at home live in the poorest parts of the country and have taken shelter with families, in camps and in abandoned buildings. Some Syrians, including children, beg on the streets of the capital.         


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