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However, despite an inclusive approach and vaccines being made available through public and private sources, several obstacles have emerged, which are particular to refugees and migrant workers living in Lebanon. Following the launch of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Lebanon in February 2021, Lebanon adopted an inclusive approach and officially confirmed that its national plan covers all those residing in the country based on priority categories (such as morbidity, age, essential worker status, etc.), regardless of their nationality or residency status. Refugees face difficulties in access and are hesitant to receive vaccination. There are also approximately 225,000 Palestinian refugee and 30,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon, 15,800 refugees of Ethiopian, Iraqi, Sudanese, and other origins, in addition to 400,000 migrant workers. Home to the highest number of refugees per capita in the world, Lebanon hosts 855,172 registered Syrian refugees in addition to 600,000 Syrian refugees informally residing in the country, bringing the estimated total to about 1.5 million, equivalent to over 20% of the overall population. While COVID-19 has led to multifaceted challenges for all in the region, vulnerable populations in Lebanon (both Lebanese and non-Lebanese) are at a particular disadvantage as the country has been assailed by compounded crises - specifically, an economic and financial crisis, followed by the COVID-19 pandemic and, lastly, the explosion at the Port of Beirut on Augwhich have significantly exacerbated vulnerabilities among specific groups. While the long-standing Palestinian displacement continues and Syria and Iraq remain volatile, there is little reason to expect that the scope or impact of forced displacement in the Mashreq will be reduced in the near term. In addition, an estimated six million Iraqis were internally displaced, with an estimated 4.8 million having recently returned to their place of origin while 1.2 million remain as Internally Displaced People (IDPs). In the last ten years, approximately 12 million Syrians have been displaced, more than half of them to neighboring countries, and in late 2019 there were new waves of Syrian Kurds leaving North East Syria for Iraq.

The Mashreq region continues to experience a cascade of forced displacement crises spurred by conflict, violence and political turmoil in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, compounded now by COVID-19 and economic shocks. Authors: Naila Ahmed, Nour Aoun, Noushig Kaloustian, Farah Asfahani, Ronald Eduardo Gomez Suarez, Sherin VarkeyĬountries hosting refugees in the Mashreq region face a daunting challenge.

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