As more Lebanese flee to safety, the international community must get involved to stop this new migrant crisis from spiralling out of control.
Internally displaced people take shelter outside the Mohammed al Amin mosque in downtown Beirut on October 2, 2024. / Photo: AFPThose numbers are likely to increase as Israel steps up its ground invasion in southern Lebanon, prompting caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikatiare currently taking refuge in 851 active shelters, including public schools, with 70% of them already at full capacity, & only some equipped with proper showers, sanitation facilities, hot water & heating.
Scores of children and families depend on such access for consistent nutrition and child protection support. But as they are forced to take refuge in poorly-resourced shelters, international relief agencies face a tough task extending medical assistance to those outside hospitals.A staff member works in a storage room with aid in a displaced migrant shelter at St. Joseph Church in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2024 .
Though the UN Food Programme has committed to securing $105 million in urgent assistance, there are signs that it may not prove enough. For instance, the aid isbefore the end of the year, making it difficult for UFP and its allies to scale up operations as Israel pushes thousands more to the brink of displacement.in the south could make it difficult for food supplies to reach all evacuated towns and villages.
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