Ministers met Tuesday at the Grand Serail in a ministerial, judicial, and security meeting to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis.

The killing of Lebanese Forces Jbeil coordinator Pascal Sleiman earlier this month by a Syrian gang has triggered a backlash against Syrian refugees.

The tiny Mediterranean country of over 6 million people, including refugees, hosts what the U.N. refugee agency says are nearly 785,000 U.N.-registered Syrian refugees, of which 90% rely on aid to survive.

Lebanese officials estimate the actual number could be as high as 1.5 or 2 million.

Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi had earlier said that 35% of detainees in Lebanon’s prisons are Syrian nationals, emphasizing the need to strictly enforce Lebanese laws on displaced Syrians.

"The Syrian presence in Lebanon must be limited," he said.