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Almost 85 Percent of Families in #Tripoli Living in Deprivation
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23208

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Up to 57 percent of families in Tripoli are “impoverished,” including 26 percent that are “extremely impoverished.” These families are concentrated in poverty-stricken neighborhoods like #Bab_al-Tabbaneh and #Suwaiqa, where 87 percent of households are in deprivation, compared to 19 percent in the Basatine district for example. Meanwhile, neighborhoods said to be in a “transitional situation” are vulnerable to gradual impoverishment transforming them from middle-class neighborhoods to slums, such as al-Tall and Zahrieh.

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#Lebanon: Political consensus over establishment of formal Syrian refugee camps remains elusive
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/21514

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The Lebanese government waited three years to try and regulate the sudden and massive influx of Syrian refugees. The lack of proper management of this issue added to the pressure and tension between Lebanese and Syrians. But the recent events in #Ersal and the backlash against Syrians in terms of attacks and kidnappings finally made the Lebanese government take notice of the situation.

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New productive ventures a third option for Syrian #refugees
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/new-productive-ventures-third-option-syrian-refugees

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Syrian refugees wait their turn at a #UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency) registration center, one of many across #Lebanon, in the northern port city of Tripoli on April 3, 2014.(Photo: Joseph Eid) Syrian refugees wait their turn at a UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency) registration center, one of many across Lebanon, in the northern port city of Tripoli on April 3, 2014.(Photo: Joseph Eid)

With the crisis in #syria entering its fourth year, most Lebanese politicians now agree that the huge number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon constitutes what they call an “existential threat.” But the solutions they have proposed to mitigate it, such as providing aid and building camps, do not address the core problem. (...)

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