Existing measures deal with instant problems but fail to promote long-term independence,condemning hundreds of thousand to poverty, claims joint study The World Bank and the UN refugee agency bear called for a “paradigm shift” in the way the world responds to refugee crises such as the Syrian emergency, or warning that the current approach is nearsighted,unsustainable and is consigning hundreds of thousands of exiled people to poverty.
A new joint report from the bank and the UNHCR claims that 90% of the 1.7 million Syrian refugees registered in Jordan and Lebanon are living in poverty, according to local estimates. The majority of them are women and children.
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Source: theguardian.com