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More Syrian refugees return home from Lebanon: report
BEIRUT, Sept. 9, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Tens of Syrian refugees returned from
Lebanon to their homeland Sunday by bus under strict supervision of Lebanon’s
general security through Aboudiya crossing point, the National News Agency
reported.
Over 1 million Syrian refugees are registered with the UN Refugee Agency,
the UNHCR, in Lebanon, while Lebanon’s government estimated the actual number
of Syrians in the country to be 1.5 million.
To facilitate the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, Russia
drafted a strategy for this purpose and presented it to the Lebanese
authorities.
The strategy, drafted by the Russian Defense Ministry and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, came after a meeting in Helsinki, Finland between Russian
President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump earlier this
month.
The strategy aims at securing the return of 890,000 refugees to Syria from
Lebanon.
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