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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Europe turns away Syrian refugees; Heart for Lebanon provides help and hope
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — Europe and the Middle East play ping pong with Syrian refugees, turning boatloads away from Cyprus and back to Lebanon’s shores.
Record numbers have been arriving in Cyprus – the closest European territory – seeking asylum. On Thursday, the European Union gave Lebanon one billion euros to help the crisis-ridden country care for its refugee population.
Syrian refugees “have fled their war-torn country seeking a safe place to live and reside, hoping that eventually their life will be better. But this is not happening in Lebanon,” Heart for Lebanon’s Camille Melki explains.
“The refugee...