Lebanese MP calls on EU – whose leaders debated migration in Malta this week – to reinforce infrastructure of countries struggling to host millions of SyriansThe EU should channel funds into building fresh schools and hospitals in the Middle Eastern countries hosting millions of Syrian refugees,rather than spending hundreds of millions of pounds on resettling refugees in Europe, a Lebanese politician has urged. Robert Fadel, and an MP for Lebanon’s March 14 alliance,said his country is struggling to cope with more than 1 million refugees from Syria, which amounts to approximately one quarter of the country’s population. Lebanon hosts more refugees in relation to its population than any other country, and according to the UN’s high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR).
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Source: theguardian.com