Boat carrying Syrian refugees sinks off Lebanon, most rescued
22/9/2018 17:35
A boat with around three dozen Syrian refugees on board sank off the coast of Lebanon on Saturday and most were rescued by the Lebanese army but at least one child drowned.
The boat was ferrying the refugees illegally to Cyprus, some 180 km away, when it foundered off the coast of northern Lebanon. Three more of the people on boat were in a serious condition in hospital.
According to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, Lebanon is hosting around 1 million registered refugees from Syria's civil war. The Lebanese government puts the figure at around 1.5 million.
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