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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Is it repatriation or is it a mission field?
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — Syrian refugees in Lebanon seem to be caught in a chess game where checkmate looms in multiple directions. Their homes in Syria are largely unlivable; their host country struggles under their sheer numbers; and officials from European Union nations continue to wade toward best policies for the ongoing crisis.
Pierre Houssney with Horizons International says that in Lebanon there is mounting pressure toward forced repatriation as a solution.
“It’s like this stick. We’re threatening [Syrians] with a stick and making life more miserable for refugees here in Lebanon, with hopes that things wi...