BEIRUT, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's state security succeeded in sending away 301 Syrian refugees from Lebanon to their homeland from May 7 to May 20 this year through the Masnaa border crossing, the National News Agency reported on Friday.
This move comes after Lebanon's Higher Defense Council instructed the country's General Security to send away Syrian refugees who entered Lebanon in an illegal way to curb human trafficking.
More than 1 million Syrian refugees are registered with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon, while the Lebanese government estimated the true number of Syrians in the country at 1.5 million.
The flow of Syrian refugees to Lebanon has weighed heavily on the country's economy and other sectors prompting Lebanese officials to restrict the work of refugees to certain jobs in the agriculture, environment and construction sectors in addition to shutting down any illegal shops opened by Syrians.
