Lebanon Is Now The Home For One Million Syrian Refugees

Number Of Syrian Refugees In Lebanon Passes 1 Million, U.N. Says -- CNN

(CNN) -- The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has passed 1 million, the United Nations' refugee agency said Thursday, making up almost a quarter of the country's resident population.

"The influx of a million refugees would be massive in any country. For Lebanon, a small nation beset by internal difficulties, the impact is staggering," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement.

Their numbers have made Lebanon the country with the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world, the agency said.

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