Syrians, Palestinians and Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon

Abstract

According to Fox news, report (10/09/2016), 30000 Syrians child born in Lebanon as refugees is at risk of statelessness while UNHCR gives a number of 50000. Overview of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon Syrian Refugees Influx With beginning of the Syrian crisis in March 2011, Syrian citizens were displaced and the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon started to rise. According to estimates of the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are 927,638 Syrian refugees in Lebanon of whom 879,907 are registered and around 47,731 are awaiting registration. The Lebanese government estimate for Syrian refugees is more than one million. With the growing influx of refugees, local communities are under rising pressure in terms of livelihood resources, such as food, education, health services, and employment. The impact of these refugees challenges the already precarious stability of the country in general and host communities in particular. Number of Refugees Increasing by Months and Years (Figure 1) Ratio male female and age More than half of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon are below 18 years of age. The predominance of children and adolescents among the Syrian refugee population is likely due to the fact that many men remained in Syria either to protect their businesses and houses or, in some instances, join the fighting forces. The lack of adult males exacerbates the vulnerability of Syrian women and children, who are facing an insecure environment subject to risks of sexual violence, child marriage, child labor, and illicit activities (Table 1).

Voices of the vulnerable: Exploring the livelihood strategies, coping mechanisms and their impact on food insecurity, health and access to health care among Syrian refugees in the Beqaa region of Lebanon

“…Lebanon, a small middle-income country of six million people, has the largest concentration of refugees per capita and the fourth largest refugee population in the world [ 2 – 4 ]. Historically, Lebanon has been a host country for refugees who have fled wars and persecution in their home countries, including refugees from Palestine with the 1948 Palestinian exodus, from Iraq post the Persian-Gulf war in the 1990s and the 2003 invasion, as well as forcibly displaced individuals from Syria with the onset of the war in 2011 [ 5 – 7 ]. As of July 2020, the Government of Lebanon (GoL) estimated that the country hosts close to 1.5 million Syrian forcibly displaced individuals (refugees), of which around one million were either registered or recorded with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [ 8 ].…”

The impact of social media marketing on tourism in Lebanon

“…Statistics affirm that Lebanon currently holds over 1, 3 million Syrian refugees most of which reside in the capital, Beirut. Lebanon lives a significant economic burden as a result of the consecutive crises, which does not get any better with the increasing percentage of unemployment and the neglection of the tourism sector by the government [16][17] .…”