BEIRUT: More than 41,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in November, according to an inter-agency briefing, while the agency canceled the registration of 13,000 individuals.
The latest round of registration brings the total number of registered refugees to 758,000, with another 73,000 awaiting registration.
The agency said the total number of refugees assisted by UNHCR in Lebanon now stands at over 830,000.
UNHCR also canceled the registration of over 13,000 individuals due to three consecutive no shows for food distribution over a three-month period.
The agency said this is part of an ongoing process to verify the existing data.
The Lebanese government estimates the real number of Syrians in the country to be over 1 million.
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