Syrian refugees struggle in Lebanon

30/06/2013 Shatila refugee camp, Beirut: A Syrian refugee father and daughter live in Shatila refugee camp after fleeing a suburb of Damascus. They brought nothing with them. Shatila is among the oldest of the Palestinian camps established after 1948 in Lebanon, and one of the poorest. Since 2011, housing costs have quadrupled for people fleeing the conflict in Syria, and work is scarce or extremely low-paying. Estimates have placed the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon at well over 500,000 people.

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30/06/2013 Shatila refugee camp, Beirut: A Syrian refugee father and daughter live in Shatila refugee camp after fleeing a suburb of Damascus. They brought nothing with them. Shatila is among the oldest of the Palestinian camps established after 1948 in Lebanon, and one of the poorest. Since 2011, housing costs have quadrupled for people fleeing the conflict in Syria, and work is scarce or extremely low-paying. Estimates have placed the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon at well over 500,000 people.