After over a hundred thousand refugees have left Libya, for Egypt or Tunisia or Europe, the Arab Spring and the resistance to it have now led to the flight of hundreds of people from Syria.
In Geneva, Andrej Mahecic, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported today that during the past week around 1,400 people have left the Syrian town of Tall Kalakh, which is under attack by the military, and crossed the border to the Lebanese regions of Wadi Khaled and Tall Biri. Refugees had already been entering Lebanon around the end of April.
"UNHCR working with Lebanon to help people fleeing Syria" (Briefing Notes) [UNHCR] (May 20, 2011)
