Karolina Lindholm Billing, the new director of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). (Credit: Photo taken from the UNHCR website)
As Lebanon continues its “voluntary return” programs for Syrian refugees and migrants to their homeland, organized in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the agency’s new country director revealed Thursday that UNHCR is ready to continue supporting this process in 2026.Karolina Lindholm Billing, speaking during a meeting with Lebanese media in Beirut, also called on the international community to provide more resources for Syrians returning to their country.“Our repatriation program will continue next year with the Lebanese authorities,” said the UNHCR chief in Lebanon, who was assistant director in 2017 and 2021. In the headlines Who is Ahmad al-Ahmad, the Syrian who disarmed one of the Sydney shooters? “Our programs are not aimed at keeping Syrian refugees here any longer than necessary. We...
As Lebanon continues its “voluntary return” programs for Syrian refugees and migrants to their homeland, organized in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the agency’s new country director revealed Thursday that UNHCR is ready to continue supporting this process in 2026.Karolina Lindholm Billing, speaking during a meeting with Lebanese media in Beirut, also called on the international community to provide more resources for Syrians returning to their country.“Our repatriation program will continue next year with the Lebanese authorities,” said the UNHCR chief in Lebanon, who was assistant director in 2017 and 2021. In the headlines Who is Ahmad al-Ahmad, the Syrian who disarmed one of the Sydney shooters? “Our programs are not aimed at keeping Syrian refugees here any longer than...
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