Friday, February 27, 2015

Aazat, 10, a refugee from Deraa, Syria, works shining shoes in the Hamra district of Beirut

The 'Abu Sultan' family sits amid their few remaining possessions beneath a traffic overpass in the Cola area of Beirut, where they have been staying since fleeing their home in a town just outside Damascus, Syria. Cola is a busy intersection that also serves as one of the city's main bus terminals.

Khaled, 12, a refugee from Idlib, Syria, takes a break walking home, after begging outside the bars on Armenia Street, Beirut.

Amal, 6, Sharhour a refugee from Damascus, Syria, sells chewing gum in Beirut. Amal said if she didn't sell her daily quota of LL10,00 ($6.5) she wouldn't be allowed to return home.

Syrian refugee Eissa, 9, from Hajjar al-Asswad, sells roses at the seafront.

Nirmeen, 6 years old, from Aleppo, takes a break from selling roses on the Beirut seafront. Nirmeen was working with her brother and her father, and said that she would stay out until all her flowers were sold, often until the early hours of the morning.

There are over 1 million Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon, around half of which are children. The Syrian conflict has caused some 3.8 million Syrians to flee to other countries and forced over 7.5 million to flee their homes.

Khaled, 12, a refugee from Idlib, Syria, sits in the bus station in which he regularly sleeps.

Syrian refugee children work to live in Lebanon



Of the more than 1 million Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon, more than half are children. Ongoing clashes between the Islamic State militant group and Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party have forced nearly 4 million Syrians to flee to other countries and caused over 7.5 million to flee their homes.
The refugee families bring their children but because many adults cannot find work themselves, the children are forced to work too, struggling to survive in poverty. by Elizabeth Pierson. Images Sam Tarling/Corbis

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