Second batch of Syrian refugees leaves Lebanon
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – A second batch of Syrian refugees left on Saturday Lebanon and entered Syria through al-Dabousiyeh border crossing in Homs countryside and al-Zamrani in Damascus countryside.
All procedures have been completed to receive deportees coming from asylum camps in Lebanon, according to the state-run news agency SANA.
On October 26, first batch of the Syrian refugees, including 100 families, returned to Syria.
Lebanese General Security assumes the mission of enrolling and scrutinizing names of families to return.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) rejected the deportation, saying Syria is still “unsafe for the return” of refugees.
Lebanese authorities encourage Syrian refugees to return home to alleviate the severity of strangling economic situation in the country.
The number of the Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon is approximately 1.5 million, about 900.000 of whom are registered at the UNHCR.