The United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees said on Saturday in its weekly report that the number of Syrians
who had fled to Lebanon since the crisis in their country had reached 7,085.
The number increased since last week
by 142, according to the U.N. organization’s statement.
The report said that 52 wounded
citizens were transferred into Lebanon through the northern border towns and
were submitted into hospitals in the north for treatment.
3 of them died while they were being
transferred to the hospital while 2 others died during treatment, the report
noted.
According to the statement the HCR
and other organizations, working on aiding the Syrian refugees, began
distributing the monthly food aid, in which 435 Syrian families had benefited
from them.
More than 7,600 people have been
killed in violence across Syria since anti-regime protests erupted in March
2011, according to monitors.
Most of the refugees registered in
Lebanon live with host families, but about 200 are living in derelict schools.
The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF)
and Save the Children-Sweden are also setting up a project to provide
"safe places" where the children can get psychological, social and
recreational support.
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