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Lebanon's Increasing Refugee Crisis - Sun 6th Aug - Photo Report

GS | 11.08.2006 16:12 | Lebanon War 2006 | Anti-militarism

Exact figures for the amount of refugees in Lebanon and Syria are hard to come by. Everyday the situation changes. Today for example several new districts of Beirut have been leafleted, so now thousands are flooding out from the suburbs in question, looking for shelter anywhere in the city they can find it. There is also a fear that with the world looking the other way (i.e. towards London’s ‘foiled terror plot’) the Israelis will exploit the one-track media window to get away with mass murder. They have a history of doing this. Ask any activist or journo who was in Palestine during 9/11.

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The refugees who come from the south and from south Beirut are being accommodated in schools, parks and any empty buildings that are available. There is a huge fear among NGOs that if the situation continues, the inevitable problems with disease and sanitation will follow. UNICEF and OXFAM are updating their websites on a daily basis with info about the looming crisis.


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GS
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