BEIRUT: Residents of Arsal called on international organizations
over the weekend to increase the level of aid to Syrian refugees who are taking
shelter in the northeast Lebanon village.
“We call on the international organizations, especially the
European ones, to support the Syrian refugees even though families of Arsal are
undertaking these responsibilities in compliance with our conscience and
historic ties with the Syrian people,” the residents said in a statement
Saturday.
They also said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) was adopting a mechanism which was inconsistent with the facts on the
ground.
“They [UNHCR] are providing aid to 150 families, while there are
600 families who are in need of this aid,” the residents said.
They said the aid provided was insufficient given that there
were on average five members per Syrian family resident in the area.
Residents of
Arsal are supportive of the ongoing uprising against Syria’s President Bashar
Assad which broke out in March 2011, and have hosted dozens of refugees from
the conflict.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Jun-17/177108-northeast-lebanon-residents-call-for-increasing-aid-to-syrian-refugees.ashx
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