Lebanon: Refugee Snapshot
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Lebanon: Refugee Snapshot
H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T
Refugees and Vulnerable Localities As the Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon remains one of the world’s worst. Syrian refugees comprise approximately one fifth of Lebanon’s population which, Aakkâr Trablous combined with 450,000 registered Palestinian refugees, Aakkâr Tripoli represents the highest Miniyéper-capita refugee population Danniyé Hermel in the world. The 1,011,366 Zgharta registered Syrian refugees Koura Liban-Nord and as many, if not more, Bécharré Baalbekvulnerable Lebanese Batroun Hermel present a complex Jbayl challenge for the Baalbek government and humanitarian Kesrouane Baalbek community. Beyrouth MontBeirut Liban Matn
L E BA NON
Mediterranean Sea
Chouf
Sidon
Saida
La Beqâa- Béqaa Ouest Rachaïya
Jezzîne Nabatîyé
LibanSud
Tyr
Bent Jbaïl
Hâsbaïya
UNDOF Zone
Golan Heights
(Israelioccupied)
ISR A E L
1949 Armistice Line
0 0
SYRIA 100,000 50,000 5,000
UNRWA Palestinian refugee camp Governorate boundary District boundary
Nabatiyé Marjayoûn
Tyre
Number of Syrian refugees by district Dec. 2016
10 km 10 miles
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
MiniyéHermel Zgharta Danniyé Koura Liban-Nord Bécharré Batroun BaalbekHermel Jbayl Baalbek
**Approximately 15% of Syrian refugees reside in informal settlements, which consist of tents and makeshift structures and are characterized by extremely poor living conditions.
Vulnerable localities* Mar. 2015 Most vulnerable Moderately vulnerable Less vulnerable *A national exercise correlating poverty data and UNHCR registration data has identified 251 of Lebanon’s cadastres as particularly vulnerable – home to 87 percent of Lebanon’s Syrian and Palestinian refugees, and 67 percent of deprived Lebanese.
L E BA NON
Kesrouane Beyrouth MontBeirut Liban Matn Aaley
Baalbek
Zahle
Baabda
Mediterranean Sea
Aakkâr
Tripoli
Trablous
Beyrouth
Zahleh
Aaley
Aakkâr
Density of Syrian refugee informal settlements** Apr. 2017 High Low
Zahle
Baabda
Beyrouth
Shelter and Informal Settlements
Percentage of Syrian refugee households in residential buildings Dec. 2016 Greater than 80% 65% - 80% Less than 65%
Zahleh
SYRIA
Béqaa La BeqâaOuest
Chouf
Sidon
Saida Nabatîyé
LibanSud Tyre
Damascus
Rachaïya
Jezzîne Hâsbaïya
Nabatiyé Marjayoûn
Tyr
Golan Heights
Bent Jbaïl
ISR A E L
1949 Armistice Line
Sources: UNHCR, UNICEF, UNRWA
UNDOF Zone
0
10 miles
1
Nabatîyé 60
Mont-Liban 156
Liban-Sud
214
907 1,388
10 km
Beyrouth
319
(Israelioccupied) 0
Number of informal settlements by governorate 28 April, 2017
1,609
Liban-Nord Aakkâr
Baalbek-Hermel Béqaa
May 18, 2017 - U1591 STATE (HIU)
U.S. Department of State [email protected] http://hiu.state.gov
Lebanon: Refugee Snapshot
H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T
Refugees and Vulnerable Localities As the Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon remains one of the world’s worst. Syrian refugees comprise approximately one fifth of Lebanon’s population which, Aakkâr Trablous combined with 450,000 registered Palestinian refugees, Aakkâr Tripoli represents the highest Miniyéper-capita refugee population Danniyé Hermel in the world. The 1,011,366 Zgharta registered Syrian refugees Koura Liban-Nord and as many, if not more, Bécharré Baalbekvulnerable Lebanese Batroun Hermel present a complex Jbayl challenge for the Baalbek government and humanitarian Kesrouane Baalbek community. Beyrouth MontBeirut Liban Matn
L E BA NON
Mediterranean Sea
Chouf
Sidon
Saida
La Beqâa- Béqaa Ouest Rachaïya
Jezzîne Nabatîyé
LibanSud
Tyr
Bent Jbaïl
Hâsbaïya
UNDOF Zone
Golan Heights
(Israelioccupied)
ISR A E L
1949 Armistice Line
0 0
SYRIA 100,000 50,000 5,000
UNRWA Palestinian refugee camp Governorate boundary District boundary
Nabatiyé Marjayoûn
Tyre
Number of Syrian refugees by district Dec. 2016
10 km 10 miles
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
MiniyéHermel Zgharta Danniyé Koura Liban-Nord Bécharré Batroun BaalbekHermel Jbayl Baalbek
**Approximately 15% of Syrian refugees reside in informal settlements, which consist of tents and makeshift structures and are characterized by extremely poor living conditions.
Vulnerable localities* Mar. 2015 Most vulnerable Moderately vulnerable Less vulnerable *A national exercise correlating poverty data and UNHCR registration data has identified 251 of Lebanon’s cadastres as particularly vulnerable – home to 87 percent of Lebanon’s Syrian and Palestinian refugees, and 67 percent of deprived Lebanese.
L E BA NON
Kesrouane Beyrouth MontBeirut Liban Matn Aaley
Baalbek
Zahle
Baabda
Mediterranean Sea
Aakkâr
Tripoli
Trablous
Beyrouth
Zahleh
Aaley
Aakkâr
Density of Syrian refugee informal settlements** Apr. 2017 High Low
Zahle
Baabda
Beyrouth
Shelter and Informal Settlements
Percentage of Syrian refugee households in residential buildings Dec. 2016 Greater than 80% 65% - 80% Less than 65%
Zahleh
SYRIA
Béqaa La BeqâaOuest
Chouf
Sidon
Saida Nabatîyé
LibanSud Tyre
Damascus
Rachaïya
Jezzîne Hâsbaïya
Nabatiyé Marjayoûn
Tyr
Golan Heights
Bent Jbaïl
ISR A E L
1949 Armistice Line
Sources: UNHCR, UNICEF, UNRWA
UNDOF Zone
0
10 miles
1
Nabatîyé 60
Mont-Liban 156
Liban-Sud
214
907 1,388
10 km
Beyrouth
319
(Israelioccupied) 0
Number of informal settlements by governorate 28 April, 2017
1,609
Liban-Nord Aakkâr
Baalbek-Hermel Béqaa
May 18, 2017 - U1591 STATE (HIU)
