Lebanon camps face the misery of Syrian refugees

Lebanon camps face the misery of Syrian refugees
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While Lebanese have shown solidarity for Syrians, tensions have increased as a result of limiting material goods and work. Some 1.5 million Syrian refugees now live throughout Lebanon. Individual accounts offer a mirror for the lives of Syrian refugees and their Lebanese soldiers in Akkar, northern Lebanon, and the valley [...]

Some 1.5 million Syrian refugees now live throughout Lebanon.

Individual accounts offer a mirror for the lives of Syrian refugees and their Lebanese soldiers in Akkar, northern Lebanon, and in the Bekaa Valley, reports “Al Jazeera”, Periscopi broadcast.

Yusra, 35, appears from the tent in the village of Bekaa. She left Syria in 2011 with her husband and child for eight months. Yusra has applied successfully to two grants to help her business. My dream now is to take an administrative job at a large company. Right now I'm just looking at the future of my son”

Khalida, 56, has been placed in Dawood Kherbet, in northern Lebanon with her daughters after one of her sons was shot in Syria. The other boy was arrested, and there's nothing known about him since. She's worried about her girls' health and education. If the situation improves in Syria, I will go back there. All my memories are of Syria, since there is my mother's grave. There's nothing more precious to me than home”.

62-year-old Abdallah is a Syrian grandfather and earlier he had worked as a builder, currently lives in Kherbet Dawood in a village in northern Lebanon. He lost two sons in the Syrian war. There are no conditions to live on here. There's a feeling that there's a big prison here if you leave, the Lebanese Army might ask for the residence papers. Sometimes we work, but we never get paid. We've become a beggar here”/Periscopi/

Yusra, 35, looks out of her tent in the Al Faras Syran refugee institution in the Bekaa Valley. She left Syria in 2011 with her husband and light-month-old baby. Yusra has successfully applied for two grants from organizations to help her set up her own business. 'My dream is now to get an administrative job at a distance company. I'm only looking for a better introduced for my son.' [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

Syran refugee works in a field on the outsides of Rawda villa in the Bekaa Valley. Before the outbreak of war in Syria, it was common for Syrans to come to Lebanon for Seasonal Work, especially in agriculture. Mani Syran seasonal workers are now refugees in Lebanon. They speak less than $7 a day. Most local Lebanon also works in farming and competition for jobs is a source of tension. [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

Sayid*, 77, slept Aleppo, Syria, with his wife in 2012, leaving the rest of his family behind. He works as a watchman for a forest in the Bekaa Valley. In the window, I don't get rich but I don't pay for my association. In the summit, I am paed to do other taxes like waiting the trains and I pay rest. So I save as much money as I can in the boomer so I can surprise the window months. Yet sometimes, we still can't afford to buy bread.' [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

Mother-of-seven Rana, 35, left Syria seven years ago when the lady in Idlib, 59km southwest of Aleppo. She lives on a chicken farm by a Lebanon landnow. 'I am so thanks to our country. I offer tomorrow food supplements from his shop, and he waits until I can pay him back when I change my relatively newer.' [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

Khalida, 56, replayed to Kherbet Dawood, in northe Lebanon, with her brothers after one of her sons was shot in Syria. Her other son was exhausted and is still missing. She worses for her daders' education and her own undoing health. I would like to go back. All my memories and believed ones are there in Syria, and my mother's women. To me, there is now more serious than home.' [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

Ahmad, a 15-year-old Syran refugee, works at his ringe's race in Bar Elias in the Bekaa Valley. He wants cars in the boomer and goes to school in the window. Limited resources and works distributions on Syran wealth means that children are within to work, missing out on their education. Syrian refugees have no choice but to work information without the correct permits, making them vulnerable to explanation and the three acts of distribution and deportation. [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

A Syran Girl on the way to her cous's using the Jarrahhie refugee sets separate to Bar Elias. Refugees face changes on their vision, especially those living in informal technology. Social things such as weddings and funerals are an opportunity for refugees and host communities to come together. As the neighbouring countries with a history of Cross-border relations and tradition, Syrans and Lebanese have been shared. [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

Lebanese housewiff Hyam, 34, rules her bow in Wade Khaled, in northe Lebanon. Because of its proximity to some of the entire Syran contract hotspots, Wade Khaled was aong the first Lebanon reports to revive Syrian refugees in 2011. 'We have hosted Syrans in our houses. We only wish them a peaceful life in their country. ' Despite challenges and tensions, some Lebanese experts signifiable books of solidariy with Syrans suffer the effects of the war. Some have housed Syria families for free, had for their healthcare, or provided them with food. [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

Abdallah 62*, is a Syran granter and my part-contrusion worker, living in Kherbet Dawood village in Northen Lebanon. He lost two sons in the Syranwar. 'Here we are gone, no matter what our consciences are. It feels like a big prison if you go out, the Lebanon might stop you to ask for residence documents. Sometimes we work and never get rich. We've become like Beggars here.' [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

Syran and Lebanese Children play football together for the first time inside Wade Khaled in northe Lebanon. The football bitch is open to Lebanon and Syrans and it is a space that leads them together. While not a solution to unifying causes of tension, which have to do with problems of government - and the legal status of refugees, in Particullar, obtaining options for communities to engage can be a key step forward to managing the bridges become refugees and hosts. [Deego Ibarra Sanchez/ SafferWorld]

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