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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lebanon to start sending Syrian refugees back home despite ‘risk of abuse’

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Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back home “in batches” next week, Lebanese president Michel Aoun announced on Wednesday,  a move rights groups have said is “incredibly alarming” as Syria remains unsafe.

An estimated one million Syrian refugees live in Lebanon, which has the highest number of refugees per capita in the world.

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