![]() ![]() Lebanon is believed to have a population of around 5 million to 5.5 million citizens, but no census has been held for nearly a century. ![]() Government officials have given varying estimates of the number of Syrians in the country, ranging from 1.5 million to more than 2 million. The actual number of Syrians living in Lebanon after fleeing their country’s 12-year-old civil war is believed to be much higher as Lebanon’s government ordered the United Nations to halt new registrations in 2015. Lebanon hosts some 805,000 registered Syrian refugees, whose official status in theory protects them - although those who fail to keep their residency papers up to date can face deportation. Since last week’s earthquake, refugees of Syria’s civil war living in Turkey have faced growing anger from those who see them as a burden and blight. World & Nation Syrian refugees in Turkey face harassment after quake: ‘I never felt this level of racism before’ ![]()
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