Lebanese Army soldiers (Credit: AFP/File photo)
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army said Monday that it had prevented 1,100 Syrians from informally entering Lebanon in the past week.
"As part of the fight against human trafficking and illegal immigration across land borders, an army unit thwarted, on various dates over the past week, attempts by around 1,100 Syrians to infiltrate the border between Lebanon and Syria," the army said in a statement.
Earlier, on Aug. 28, the Lebanese Army announced that it prevented 850 Syrians from informally entering Lebanon during the previous week.
According to official estimates, Lebanon is host to two million Syrian refugees, of whom some 830,000 are registered refugees with the UN.
The Lebanese government regularly calls for the repatriation of Syrian refugees and several ministers recently visited Damascus to discuss the issue.
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army said Monday that it had prevented 1,100 Syrians from informally entering Lebanon in the past week."As part of the fight against human trafficking and illegal immigration across land borders, an army unit thwarted, on various dates over the past week, attempts by around 1,100 Syrians to infiltrate the border between Lebanon and Syria," the army said in a...