There are now more than one million refugees from the Syrian Civil War who’ve fled into Lebanon, according to a new United Nations report.  It’s overwhelming Lebanon and severely straining the efforts of the government and aid organizations.

“The influx of a million refugees would be massive in any country.  For Lebanon, a small nation beset by internal difficulties, the impact is staggering,” said Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in a statement.

The numbers are staggering:  There’s one Syrian refugee for every Lebanese citizen, giving the small country the highest concentration of refugees as a percentage of population in the world.  And there is no sign of the influx slowing down.  The UN in Lebanon registers 2,500 new Syrian refugees every day – that’s more than one person per minute.

Lebanon’s minister of social affairs Rachid Derbas says the world needs to treat this as “an occasion to launch a humanitarian and political call under the title: ‘Lebanon should not be left alone.’ ”

It’s overwhelming Lebanon’s public services, damaging the economy, and raising fears that the same sectarian violence plaguing Syria and Iraq is now spilling over.  Several bombings and gun battles have been linked to the Syrian conflict and have killed dozens of civilians.