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Lebanon's refugee crisis

Children pose near tents inside an informal settlement for Syrian refugees in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

Syrian refugees resort to child labor in Lebanon

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To get through a hard day’s labor, refugee children sing work songs, they told The World’s Richard Hall.

A general view shows tents for Syrian refugees at a makeshift settlement in Bar Elias, a town in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon, on March 28, 2017.

Lebanon banned all protests after Syrians called for better refugee conditions

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Over a million Syrians have fled their country and set up refugee camps in neighboring Lebanon.

After Trump’s ban, Lebanon renews calls to send back Syrian refugees

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Lebanon doesn’t want Syrian refugees getting too comfortable, even in winter

Agence France-Presse
Hiba Bekai's office is her home, where she sews and does other needle work that she sells to Syrians and Lebanese.

This Syrian woman never had a paying job at home. Now she’s started a business in Lebanon.

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