 An estimated 90 percent of displaced Lebanese have returned home since the cease-fire began over a week ago, UN officials said Wednesday.
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The stream of refugees coming back from Syria, which reached 30,000 per day last week, has turned into a trickle, said Jack Redden, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "We're now down to between 5,000 and 6,000 per day," he said, adding that UNHCR expects "the overwhelming majority" to return home. "In Syria, we're planning for a residual population of 2,000," Redden said.
As a result, UNHCR will be moving almost all the aid supplies it stockpiled in Syria over the border to Lebanon. |