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    Lebanon may need camps for flood of Syrian refugees: U.N
    Lebanon should consider setting up transit centers to absorb the waves of refugees fleeing neighboring Syria and may have to establish formal refugee camps if the influx continues, a United Nations refugee official said. The tiny and fragile Mediterranean state already hosts 260,000 refugees – equivalent to 6.5 percent of its population – and has sought to...
    February 9, 2013 20:40
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    Lebanon asks for $180 million to aid Syrian refugees
    Lebanon, now a haven for 170,000 Syrians fleeing civil war, has asked foreign donors for $180 million to help care for them and said it will register and recognize refugees after a year-long hiatus. The Beirut government has officially sought to “dissociate” itself from the 21-month-old struggle in Syria, nervous about the destabilizing impact of the increasingly...
    January 4, 2013 21:06