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A Syrian refugee stands by his cart where he sells corn, beans, pomegranate and other snacks by the sea.
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Tripoli in northern Lebanon is home to one of the country's largest populations of Syrian refugees, nine out of 10 of whom live in extreme poverty. All photos: Getty Images
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A Syrian girl holds on to her mother.
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Girls play with dolls in their building compound.
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Toys at the home of a Syrian refugee family.
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Aisha Mohammed Ali, 25, a mother of five who is a refugee from Aleppo, Syria, assists one of her daughters, who has asthma.
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Electricity switches in a building where Syrian and Palestinian refugees live.
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A mother helps her only daughter with writing at their home.
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Children play at their home.
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Mariam Ahmad, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, smiles as she looks at her child at her home.
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A Syrian refugee stands by his cart where he sells corn, beans, pomegranate and other snacks by the sea.
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Tripoli in northern Lebanon is home to one of the country's largest populations of Syrian refugees, nine out of 10 of whom live in extreme poverty. All photos: Getty Images
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A Syrian girl holds on to her mother.
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Girls play with dolls in their building compound.
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Toys at the home of a Syrian refugee family.
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Aisha Mohammed Ali, 25, a mother of five who is a refugee from Aleppo, Syria, assists one of her daughters, who has asthma.
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Electricity switches in a building where Syrian and Palestinian refugees live.
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A mother helps her only daughter with writing at their home.
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Children play at their home.
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Mariam Ahmad, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, smiles as she looks at her child at her home.
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A Syrian refugee stands by his cart where he sells corn, beans, pomegranate and other snacks by the sea.
Rights groups object to Lebanon plans to forcibly repatriate Syrian refugees
Rights groups fear persecution and abuse awaits refugees forcibly returned to Syria ― which they say is still unsafe
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Nada Homsi
07 July, 2022
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