Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic
October developments
Access to the territory, registration and civil status documentation
Border traffic remained at normal levels. UNHCR enhanced its border monitoring with additional staff deployed full time at the Masnaa, Aarida and Aboudiya border crossing points.
UNHCR conducted mobile registration in Wadi Khaled to reach undocumented refugee families and made preparations to introduce biometrics in November.
UNHCR provided individual counseling on birth registration to over 1,100 refugees with newborns. 30% reported lack of legal status as the greatest obstacle to birth registration.
