World Bank Chief Sounds Alarm over Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
10/2/2013 9:51:31 AM
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim warned that Lebanon is heading towards a “disaster” over the alarming influx of Syrian refugees into its territories.
He called on the international community to give a greater support to Lebanon, which has allowed more than 760,000 Syrian refugees to settle since fighting broke out in Syria more than two and a half years ago.
“We need to do much more or we risk catastrophe in Lebanon,” Kim said in a speech at George Washington University on the eve of the World Bank Group/IMF Annual Meetings.
He called on the international community to give a greater support to Lebanon, which has allowed more than 760,000 Syrian refugees to settle since fighting broke out in Syria more than two and a half years ago.
“We need to do much more or we risk catastrophe in Lebanon,” Kim said in a speech at George Washington University on the eve of the World Bank Group/IMF Annual Meetings.