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life of Syrian refugees in Lebanon deteriorates: UN

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Monday the living conditions for the Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been deteriorated despite ongoing assistance plan.

The UNHCR made the sad conclusion in a report entitled "Assessment of vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon," which was jointly published with the World Food Program.

The UN body said that 50 percent of the Syrian families taking shelters in Lebanon are living under the line of poverty, which means that they live on less than 3.48 U.S. dollars a day.

It added that "food coupons and loans have become the only source of a highly increased number of refugees," pointing that "the savings of the refugee families have been spent which drove them to various alternatives for providing their needs including begging and child labor."

The report also pointed that the number of those depending on the food coupons provided by the UNHCR rose from 28 percent in 2013 to about 40 percent in 2014.

What is also noted in the report is that adults in 36 percent of the families have less than two meals a day as they have to feed their children first.

It said that "66 percent of the Syrian children do not attend schools and the deterioration of the services includes lack of potable water and medical care."

The number of displace Syrians in Lebanon increased dramatically following the beginning of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad in March 2011. It reached the landmark of 1.3 million in May 2013, and then dropped to one million in May 2014. Endit