Xinhua news agency reports the number of registered refugees is more than 592,000 and more than 110,000 are still waiting for their registration process to be completed.
About 198,000 Syrian refugees were registered in northern Lebanon representing 33 per cent of the total number of refugees; 201,000 in eastern Bekaa region (34 per cent); 115,000 in Beirut and Mount Lebanon (18 per cent); and 77,000 in southern Lebanon (13 per cent).
UNHCR also said the number of children refugees in the region has surpassed the threshold of 1 million among whom 300,000 are in Lebanon.
Lebanon has frequently called on the UN Security Council and international donors to help it shoulder the burden of hosting Syrian refugees, whose number is expected to go over 1 million by the end of the year.
The government has adopted strict measures on the entrance of Syrian refugees into the country requiring them to hold a valid identity card or passport.
-- BERNAMA
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