Hollande concludes Lebanon trip with refugee camp visit

French President Francois Hollande concluded a two day trip to Lebanon on Sunday where he visited a camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa region.

Hollande met with Syrian refugees at the Dalhamieh camp.

“I just visited a camp, the likes of which are all over Lebanon,” Hollande told reporters after spending nearly an hour at the camp.

“They [Syrian children] don’t want violence. They want to learn and go home, join their families, their country,” he said.

Two Syrian families in the Bekaa region are expected to be sent to France where they will be naturalized, media reports said.

Hollande announced later that France will support Lebanon with 50 million euros to support the displaced and underlined the need for a political solution to the crisis in Syria to ensure the safe return of refugees to their homeland.

Hollande told reporters that France will support Lebanon to provide education for the children and to curb terrorism.

Lebanon hosts 1.1 million Syrian refugees.