Thursday, April 3, 2014

Number of Syrian displaced people in Lebanon passes 1 million, U.n. says



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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

 U.n. staff in Lebanon register 2,500 new Syrian displaced people consistently

 The displaced people now make up very nearly a quarter of the occupant populace

 "For Lebanon ... the effect is stunning," a U.n. authority says

 Lebanon has the most elevated for every capita amassing of exiles on the planet

(CNN) - The amount of Syrian exiles in Lebanon has passed 1 million, the United Nations' outcast office said Thursday, making up just about a quarter of the nation's occupant populace.

"The increase of a million outcasts might be huge in any nation. For Lebanon, a little country assailed by inward challenges, the effect is amazing," U.n. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a proclamation.

Their numbers have made Lebanon the nation with the most elevated for every capita amassing of exiles on the planet, the org said.

The aggregate number of enlisted Syrian outcasts in all nations is 2.58 million, as stated by the United Nations. Different countries with substantial populaces of Syrian outcasts incorporate Jordan and Turkey.

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The number in Lebanon has now climbed into seven figures, from only 18,000 two years back.

The United Nations has said that more than 100,000 individuals, a large number of them regular people, have been slaughtered in Syria since a mainstream uprising spiraled into a civil war in 2011.

U.n. staff in Lebanon register 2,500 new Syrian outcasts consistently, the UNHCR said.

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