BEIRUT:
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said over the weekend it was
unacceptable that Lebanon fall short in terms of its responsibility toward
Syrian refugees in the country, days after the country’s Higher Relief
Committee shut down key services to the refugees.
“Lebanon
should not neglect its duties toward the refugees as this is a moral and humanitarian
matter before being a political one,” Abou Faour said in south Lebanon
Saturday.
The
HRC announced the shutdown of most of its Syrian refugee-related operations
Tuesday due to a lack of funding.
The
body stopped covering the cost of secondary health care and limited other types
of aid distribution such as food. Hinting of division in the government on the
issue of supporting the refugees, Abou Faour said: “We went beyond discussions
in Cabinet and arrived at a conclusion that Lebanon needs to find a solution
and fulfill its obligations and therefore any reversal on this subject is
unacceptable.”
He
added: “If there was a failure or mismanagement then let us be responsible and
remedy this failure.”
The
Progressive Socialist Party official also said that there were other sources of
funding such as donations “if there is a shortage of money.”
He also said the issue of
funding the refugees should not cause more division in the country.
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