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Lebanon Needs Viable Solutions For Displaced Syrians

Just as it is inevitable that displaced Syrians will continue to flow across the Lebanese border, it is also inevitable that the Lebanese state’s inability to keep up with the burden will drag Lebanon into a crisis of its own.
Syrian and Palestinian refugees register their names in order to receive humanitarian aid at the Offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Beirut April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Sharif Karim  (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXZ3F9
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With each passing day, the ticking time bomb of displaced Syrians in Lebanon seems closer to exploding.

On the face of it, everyone is part of the problem. On July 26, 2013, Ninette Kelley, representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon, held a joint press conference with Luca Rends, country director for the UN Development Programme, at UNHCR headquarters in Beirut. Both presented alarming numbers on the Syrian refugee crisis that also pointed to its exacerbation and further deterioration.

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