April 4, 2014 -- Updated 0826 GMT (1626 HKT)
The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has passed 1 million, the
U.N.'s refugee agency said, making up almost a quarter of the country's
resident population. FULL STORY
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Number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon passes 1 million, U.N. says
April 3, 2014 -- Updated 1604 GMT (0004 HKT)
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- U.N. staff in Lebanon register 2,500 new Syrian refugees every day
- The refugees now make up almost a quarter of the resident population
- "For Lebanon ... the impact is staggering," a U.N. official says
- Lebanon has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world
"The influx of a million
refugees would be massive in any country. For Lebanon, a small nation
beset by internal difficulties, the impact is staggering," U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
Their numbers have made Lebanon the country with the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world, the agency said.
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Syrian refugees: By the numbers
The total number of
registered Syrian refugees in all countries is 2.58 million, according
to the United Nations. Other nations with large populations of Syrian
refugees include Jordan and Turkey.
The number in Lebanon has now risen into seven figures, from just 18,000 two years ago.
The United Nations has
said that more than 100,000 people, many of them civilians, have been
killed in Syria since a popular uprising spiraled into a civil war in
2011.
U.N. staff in Lebanon register 2,500 new Syrian refugees every day, the UNHCR said.
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