22-02-2018 05:54 via uk.news.yahoo.com

'We are overwhelmed': Lebanon's plea for help with Syrian refugee crisis

The Government is expected to pass the halfway mark today towards meeting its target of relocating 20,000 Syrian refugees from countries around the conflict zone.Officials in the border town of Majdal Anjar say they are "overwhelmed" by the crisis.Every day since the seven-year conflict began, new refugees have been smuggled fromwar-torn Syriaacross a low mountain into Majdal Anjar.
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