U.N. Report: 7,085 Syrians Fled to Lebanon for Safe Haven

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Saturday in its weekly report that the number of Syrians who had fled to Lebanon since the crisis in their country had reached 7,085.

The number increased since last week by 142, according to the U.N. organization’s statement.

The report said that 52 wounded citizens were transferred into Lebanon through the northern border towns and were submitted into hospitals in the north for treatment.

3 of them died while they were being transferred to the hospital while 2 others died during treatment, the report noted.

According to the statement the HCR and other organizations, working on aiding the Syrian refugees, began distributing the monthly food aid, in which 435 Syrian families had benefited from them.

More than 7,600 people have been killed in violence across Syria since anti-regime protests erupted in March 2011, according to monitors.

Most of the refugees registered in Lebanon live with host families, but about 200 are living in derelict schools.

The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children-Sweden are also setting up a project to provide "safe places" where the children can get psychological, social and recreational support.