Lebanon needs so many more funds from outside the country to handle such a great number of refugees.
Lebanon a time bomb, say aid workers
by Madeleine Davies
Posted: 02 Oct 2015 @ 12:04
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“Psychosocial support is crucial”: Patricia Mouamar speaks with a group of young refugees in a tented settlement in Lebanon
THE crisis in Lebanon, where 1.2 million Syrian refugees are competing for limited resources with host communities, is a “ticking time bomb”, two aid workers gave warning this week.
The country, which is the size of Yorkshire, has the highest number of refugees per capita: a quarter of the population. Of these, 70 per cent live below the poverty line. Since the UN’s Syria regional-response plan is less than half-funded, and the influx costs the country a third of its GDP, communities are in crisis.
“It’s more than just tension: I think it is a ticking bomb,” the communications manager for World Vision in Lebanon, Patricia Mouamar, said on Tuesday. “It’s like the whole country of Greece moving into UK. . . If no funding is made available to us, it will explode at a certain time.”
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Lebanon a time bomb, say aid workers
Lebanon a time bomb, say aid workers
by Madeleine Davies
Posted: 02 Oct 2015 @ 12:04
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“Psychosocial support is crucial”: Patricia Mouamar speaks with a group of young refugees in a tented settlement in Lebanon
THE crisis in Lebanon, where 1.2 million Syrian refugees are competing for limited resources with host communities, is a “ticking time bomb”, two aid workers gave warning this week.
The country, which is the size of Yorkshire, has the highest number of refugees per capita: a quarter of the population. Of these, 70 per cent live below the poverty line. Since the UN’s Syria regional-response plan is less than half-funded, and the influx costs the country a third of its GDP, communities are in crisis.
“It’s more than just tension: I think it is a ticking bomb,” the communications manager for World Vision in Lebanon, Patricia Mouamar, said on Tuesday. “It’s like the whole country of Greece moving into UK. . . If no funding is made available to us, it will explode at a certain time.”
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Lebanon a time bomb, say aid workers