Humanitarian response

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Posted on Jul 01 2015 0 minutes read
Humanitarian response
In the early days of the Syrian uprising, the trickle of refugees across the border brought out the best in Lebanese hospitality, with many people opening their doors and their homes to strangers, offering them much-needed food and shelter. 
But after four years, and with over one million refugees in the country – representing a fifth of the total population – the relationship has often become strained.
Tragically, in some cases the situation has provoked not only an inhospitable response, but an overtly racist one. Local municipalities have – without government sanctioning – hung up signs prohibiting Syrians from walking in the streets after dark. Syrians have been attacked and refugee tents burned.  
This humanitarian crisis – one of the worst of our times – deserves a human response, and not one that treats refugees as if they somehow wish to be rendered homeless, with no idea what their future holds. 
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