Syrian refugees have 'no place to go' as Lebanon, Cyprus reject them
naharnet - 5/2/2024 2:53:09 PM - GMT (+2 )
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naharnet - 5/2/2024 2:53:09 PM - GMT (+2 )
The European Union announced Thursday an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — that will mostly go to boost border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus and Italy.
The deal comes against a backdrop of increasing hostility toward Syrian refugees in Lebanon and a major surge in irregular migration of Syrian refugees from Lebanon to Cyprus.
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