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UN mobilizes 1.2 million displaced and refugees due to conflict in Lebanon | Video

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More than 1.2 million people were forced leave their homes due to the escalation of the conflict in Lebanonthe site of intense Israeli attacks in recent weeks, according to a balance sheet prepared by various agencies UN, who are preparing for this flow of displacement to continue to grow in the coming days.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) already knows almost 800,000 internally displaced persons, Although the figure was barely 110,000 in September, these were mostly people who had fled the southern part of the country seeking refuge in other theoretically safer areas, such as the capital, Beirut.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who also extended their attacks on Beirut, They order daily evacuations of certain areas. forecast of future bombings, movements aimed at eradicating the party and police infrastructure Hezbollah, but it affects civilians indiscriminately.

In addition to internally displaced persons, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) registered 421,000 crossings on the border with Syria, of which 70 percent correspond to Syrian citizens returned to their country. Another 16,700 people chose flee to Iraqalthough in this case entries through land borders as well as through airports are taken into account.

Both UN agencies and NGOs working on the ground warn of the dangerous situation faced by displaced persons, refugees and returnees, since the vast majority have with them only those few things that they were able to transport. IOM requested $426 million (about 393 million euros) to help million people in Lebanon.

(Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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