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Lebanon hopes to repatriate Syrian refugees within months

FILE - A Syrian displaced man and his son ride a motorcycle, as they drive between the tents at a refugee camp, in Bar Elias, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley, March 5, 2021. Issam Charafeddine, the caretaker Minister for the Displaced, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday, July 6, 2022, that Lebanon hopes to start repatriating Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and rights groups. Lebanon has one of the world's highest numbers of refugees per capita, and currently hosts over 1 million Syrians who fled the decade-old conflict.. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) Issam Charafeddine, Lebanon's caretaker Minister of the Displaced, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office at the ministry, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Charafeddine said Lebanon hopes to start repatriating Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and rights groups. Lebanon has one of the world's highest numbers of refugees per capita, and currently hosts over 1 million Syrians who fled the decade-old conflict. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)