More than 70 percent of refugees below the poverty line.

Preliminary findings from a Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees survey lead by UN agencies show that more than 70 percent of Syrian refugees live below the poverty line.

"The economic plight of Syrian refugees did not deteriorate as severely as last year, but we know that this is due to the oxygen of external help. The situation would be even more dire without the aid received to date," said UNHCR's Representative in Lebanon, Mireille Girard.

There was also a rise comp...

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