MIGRASYL

News on migration and asylum from around the region - Nouvelles de la région sur les questions de migration et d'asile

Saturday, July 24, 2010

[Lebanon] The Daily Star: Pricey medical costs leave Iraqi refugees in distress

Prohibitive healthcare costs have put almost half of all Iraqi refugees in Lebanon in urgent need of medical attention, with a “growing number” running out of resources, according to the United Nations. The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in its latest report on the plight of Iraqi refugees in the Middle East, found that 48 percent of displaced Iraqis in Lebanon suffered from a “critical medical condition.”

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