Uncertain future for Syrians as EU-Lebanon migration deal looms - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Tom Rollins

Tom Rollins

Aug 24, 2016

Syrian refugees walk at a refugee camp in Zahle in the Bekaa valley November 18, 2014. In October, Lebanon, which has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world at one in four residents, said it could not cope with more than one million Syrians and has asked for funds to help look after them. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POVERTY) - RTR4EK8N — Syrian refugees walk in a refugee camp in Zahle in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Nov. 18, 2014. — REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

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Syrian children are seen inside an informal settlement for Syrian refugees in Bar Elias, Bekaa valley, Lebanon, January 6, 2016. More than 1 million Syrians are enduring another winter as refugees in Lebanon. For some, it is their fifth in a row, displaced by a war that has driven 4.4 million Syrians into neighbouring states from where many are trying to reach Europe. REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi - RTX21K68

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Lebanese army soldiers and policemen secure the area at the site where suicide bomb attacks took place in the Christian village of Qaa, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah - RTX2IE68

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Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Grand Serail government headquarters in Beirut on May 2, 2024. During the visit, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen announced $1 billion in aid for Lebanon as the east Mediterranean country struggles with an economic meltdown exacerbated by a migrant crisis and the threat of war with Israel. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

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