In Lebanon Alone 800,000 Syrian Refugees Living in Squalor

AsiaNews: The war in Syria continues to drive hundreds thousands of people across the border into Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. By the end of 2013, the number of refugees fleeing the conflict could rise to more than 3 million, this at a time when winter is setting in.

In Lebanon, the situation is even more serious according to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), whose November report, AsiaNews received today.

According to the World Bank, since the refugee emergency hit Lebanon in 2011, Lebanon has spent US$ 2.6 billion to cope with it.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati travelled today to Doha (Qatar) to discuss with local authorities and other Arab countries supporting Islamist insurgents a proposal to create areas within Syria designated for people displaced by the war. Read more here.