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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

[Lebanon/Syria]: Lebanon Now - Miqati: Lebanon is not rejecting Syrian refugees

“Lebanon will not close its doors in the face of the Syrians, but we will review the case of any Syrian present in Lebanon who is not considered a refugee and who didn’t fulfill the legal requirements of his stay,” Miqati said in an interview with Euronews on Tuesday. 

Earlier in the month, the United Nations’ refugee agency and the governments of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey said during a meeting in Geneva that they will work together to seek an urgent and major expansion of international help for the region as it struggles to cope with the Syrian refugee crisis.

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