Leba**n marks "devastating" milestone with millionth refugee

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* Leba**n has highest per capita concentration of refugees * Syrians set to eclipse Afghans as top refugee population * UN says 2014 refugee appeal is only 14-percent funded By Issam Abdallah TRIPOLI, Leba**n, April 3 (Reuters) - The number of Syrian refugees who have fled to Leba**n officially topped 1 million on Thursday, highlighting the growing humanitarian catastrophe caused by Syria's civil war and the huge burden placed on its poorly prepared neighbours. The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR marked what it called a devastating milestone by formally registering a 18-year-old student from the city of Homs as the millionth refugee at a ceremony in Leba**n's Mediterranean city of Tripoli.

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