Mr. David Regan:

Most of what needs to be said, has been said. I echo the comments of Ms Walsh and Ms de Barra on the situation. Concern certainly has a real fear about where this is headed. You look at Gaza and where that has got to. You look at Lebanon and you really wonder where this is headed.

We worked in the south for the past number of years dealing with some of those displaced by shelling across the border. The partners we worked with have had to flee. They have had to go because, as Ms Walsh described, it is no longer safe to be in the region. We work in the north with Syrian refugees and have done so for a decade. There were 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a country of 5 million. It is estimated that 400,000 have gone back after a decade. The committee knows why they have left. It was not because Syria was a good place to be from their perspective. They have gone back. It gives a sense of the terror that is being unleashed. What we are seeing in the north of the country where we are working with them, is a mass displacement of people from the south of Lebanon to the north. They are sleeping on pavements. They are looking for water and food. They are people not used to this level of need, and they are struggling. We are trying to work with the global community to rehabilitate schools, to accommodate them, to provide mattresses, basic water, and some cash. That is what our team on the ground in Lebanon is doing. At the same time, Tripoli, the city where they are primarily based, was bombed recently. They are also in fear there. Our country director is based in Beirut, and we all know what is happening in Beirut. It is quite a frightening situation for the Lebanese population and the portents are unfortunately very worrying.