The Security Forces said they had arrested 26 Syrian nationals who entered Lebanon illegally. The people intercepted were transferred to the Mashta Hassan police station in the Akkar casa in northern Lebanon and will soon appear before the competent judicial authorities.
As a reminder, more than a million and a half Syrian refugees are currently in Lebanon. Their situation has worsened with the economic crisis which is hitting the Land of the Cedars hard. Besides the fact that 75% of the Lebanese population currently live below the poverty line, 90% of the refugees are found to be largely affected by the economic crisis. Most of them hope to reach Europe via Cyprus.
