Of 1.5 million people who had to leave their homes.
Foreign AffairsMiddle East
- Omissions
- The MEP could not have known the April 28, 2026 France24 report as it was published one day before the session; the most recent data they could have referenced was the March 24, 2026 IOM report citing 'over 1 million' displaced
- The 1.5 million figure may conflate the newly displaced Lebanese population with the existing Syrian refugee population in Lebanon (approximately 1.3 million), which is a separate humanitarian situation
- The IOM data distinguishes between internally displaced persons (1 million+) and those who crossed borders (130,000+), totaling approximately 1.13-1.2 million people
- Sources
- PrimaryInternational Organization for Migration (IOM)Over 1 million people displaced in Lebanon; more than 130,000 people crossed into Syrian Arab Republic; total approximately 1.13 million people displaced
- SecondaryFrance241.2 million displaced people in Lebanon due to continuing hostilities despite US-brokered ceasefire
- SecondaryIOM via Facebook1.2 million internally displaced people in Lebanon because of the Hezbollah-Israel conflict