UN humanitarian chief
Valerie Amos said on Thursday that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon who
have been registered with the UN reached 27500 people.
“The number of registered
Syrian refugees in Lebanon is 27500 people,” Amos told LBC television, adding,
however, that she was informed that “the actual number exceeded the [27500
figure].”
Amos also said that “it was
important for the UN to monitor the [groups] that are receiving aid on behalf
of the Syrian refugees,” calling on the Lebanese government to provide “help
and cooperate with the UN” in this context.
Thousands of Syrians have
fled the unrest in their country, which according to UN has left over 11,000
people killed since protests erupted in strife-stricken Syria in mid-March
2011.
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