Lebanon wants to help the majority of Syrian refugees return home this year following the fall of the Assad regime, the country's social affairs minister said.
Haneen Sayed said the government was committed to supporting families with financial and other incentives, but said: “We can't carry this burden any longer.”
To date, about 500,000 of the estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon have returned, Ms Sayed said, speaking to The National at the World Governments Summit in Dubai.
Lebanon is the highest per capita refugee-hosting country in the world Haneen Sayed
“We have had international support … but it does still not compensate, if you will, for the pressure that such a large host community has on infrastructure, elect
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