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FILE - An aerial view shows an informal Syrian refugee camp, in the Bekaa valley town of Saadnayel, east Lebanon, April 23, 2019. 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)