71,000 Syrian Refugees Ready to Leave Lebanon After Assad Fall

71,000 Syrian refugees ready to leave Lebanon after Assad fall

Lebanon is processing an additional 71,000 applications for the voluntary repatriation of Syrian refugees currently in the country, the country's Minister of Social Affairs Haneen Sayed said, with a government body formed to oversee the process. Sayed told local television that 162,000 cases of refugees seeking to return had already been finalised, with the latest batch now under review. "The Syrian side is cooperative in this matter," she added…

Syrians Face “Forced Return” from Lebanon and Displacement in Syria - Enab Baladi

Enab Baladi – Bisan Khalaf Half a month felt like a nightmare for Israa al-Omr and her family, after the Lebanese authorities gave them 15 days to vacate the “Zahle” camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The authorities, who decided to dismantle the camps and return their residents to Syria “voluntarily,” did not give Israa’s family—originally from the countryside of Homs—enough time to prepare for the return to Syria, nor any guarantee of what a…