The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon has suspended food rations and aid for 8,000 Syrian families, local activists said yesterday according to Syrian news agency Zaman Al-Wasl. News agencies on the ground confirmed with officials that October would be the last month thousands of Syrians would be eligible to receive assistance
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Just Suspended Aid for 8,000 Syria Families in Lebanon
In its 2017 report, the High Commission classified Syrian refugees in Lebanon as the poorest compared to their counterparts in other countries; 68 per cent of Syrians in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, defined as less than $2.87 a day.