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UN warns regional displacements strain Syria and Lebanon; 200,000 crossed border in recent weeks
Summary
Tom Fletcher told journalists that around 200,000 people crossed the Lebanon–Syria border in the past three to four weeks (about 175,000 Syrians returning and roughly 25,000 others), warning of long-running humanitarian implications and urging protection of humanitarians.
Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said recent regional escalations have generated large cross-border population movements that risk overwhelming services in Syria and Lebanon.
"About 200,000 refugees or displaced people have crossed the border in the last three or four weeks," Fletcher said in response to a question from Ammar Al of Sphinx News TV, adding that…
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