Syrian refugees pouring into lebanon

[Sally]

How willl Lebanon be able to handle all these people? It seems like an impossible task. And as the conflict goes on, more and more Syrians plus Iraqis will be leaving their countries to find safety.

SYRIAN REFUGEES POURING INTO LEBANON……..
Posted on 06/07/2014 by KGS


More sunnis into a resurgent shiia enclave that has driven out its Christian majority, what could go wrong?

Syria refugees set to exceed a third of Lebanon’s population
BY SYLVIA WESTALL

BEIRUT Thu Jul 3, 2014 8:29am EDT


(Reuters) – Lebanon faces the threat of political and economic collapse as the number of refugees pouring in from Syria is set to exceed a third of the population, Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas said on Thursday.

Derbas said the total was expected to hit 1.5 million by the end of the year, an excessive burden for a country of just 4 million people.

He said the influx of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war will have cost Lebanon’s already fragile economy around $7.5 billion between 2012 and 2014. Border communities hosting Syrian refugees were under particular pressure because of the increase in people willing to work for low wages.

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[irosie91]

there is no question in my mind-----a CHRISTIAN refuge country must be set up in
the middle east------the situation in Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt-----is Critical!!!!.
This is no time to dump them into the lap of Shiites and sunnis who cannot
keep their hands of EACH other's throats------because in such situations scapegoating
of the ----other minority is inevitable