The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said this Tuesday that there are already 250,000 people who have escaped the bombings in Lebanon and have arrived in Syria, a country consumed by thirteen years of internal armed conflict and with a economy on the floor.
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After visiting the Lebanese-Syrian border and witnessing this human drama, The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, highlighted the urgency of mobilizing international humanitarian aid to come to their aid, as well as the resources necessary for this purpose..
In Damascus, Grandi met with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, with whom he discussed ways to help those entering the country, according to a statement released by the high commissioner’s office in Geneva.
“I appreciate that the government has kept the borders open for everyone. “Many Syrians have returned to the country, although under extreme pressure due to airstrikes,” Grandi said.
He also pointed out that before the highest Syrian authority he emphasized that the government must guarantee the safety and protection of those arriving from Lebanon, which throughout the Syrian conflict that broke out in 2011 was a place of refuge for hundreds of thousands of Syrians fleeing the war.
Some of these may have been opponents of the Syrian regime or been part of the rebel groups fighting against it, so there are fears that they will be detained and suffer reprisals upon their return.
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Grandi assured Al Asad that UNHCR will monitor those who enter Syria, where it will expand its humanitarian programs to address, as far as possible, their needs and those of the communities that receive them.
To do this, it has asked the donor community for $324 million, which would allow the organization to assume this mission over the next six months.
The statement also notes that at his stop at the border, Grandi spoke with families who fled Lebanon and who “have no idea what tomorrow holds for them after an exhausting and dangerous journey.”
Lebanon’s highway leading to the main border crossing with Syria was bombed last week by Israel and people must now make the journey on foot, carrying the children and the few belongings they are capable of carrying.
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Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/conflicto-en-medio-oriente-en-vivo-250-000-personas-han-escapado-del-libano-a-siria-cb20
