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The Arab Organization for Human Rights condemned the crime of burning tents for Syrian refugees in the Minya camp in northern Lebanon, which was carried out by Lebanese businessmen on Saturday night, after a dispute broke out with refugee workers. Syrians..
The Cairo-based organization said in a statement released Monday that “the crime caused the burning of a large number of tents and the displacement of some 600 refugees living in the camp, at a time when the situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon are deteriorating, against the background of cold winter weather and lack of food needs. And warmth ».
The organization called on the Lebanese authorities to shoulder their responsibilities towards the refugees and welcomed the efforts of the security authorities to arrest some of the attackers, and also called on the Lebanese army to provide protection to the refugee camps against attacks. ..
The organization expressed its regret at the increase in hate speech by some parties in Arab countries towards Syrian refugee brothers, in their ordeal that has been going on for years, and the organization renewed its call to implement its previous proposals to establish a Arab humanitarian aid mechanism, which was already adopted by the Arab summit in Kuwait, but did not find a way to implement it. So far, despite increasing refugee crises, displacement and irregular migration, seven Arab countries are experiencing crises.
Lebanon estimates the number of Syrian refugees residing on its territory at around 1.5 million, of which around one million have been registered with the High Commissioner for Refugees, and these live in difficult humanitarian conditions, which have aggravated by the economic crisis aggravated by the outbreak of the new Corona virus, and then the catastrophic explosion that occurred in the port of Beirut in August last.
In recent years, Lebanon has witnessed racist campaigns and hate speech, escalating from time to time, against refugees and calls for their deportation. Lebanon is also experiencing a serious economic crisis, and some Lebanese believe that the presence of refugees represents an additional burden on their economy.
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