As Syrian Refugee Population Grows, So Does Child Labor

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September 25, 2013

Syrian refugee children on their way to work in vegetable fields in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. (BBC)

The massive refugee crisis in Lebanon is creating a new problem: child labor.

About 400,000 children who fled the Syrian civil war have ended up in Lebanon, but local schools can't accommodate them. Many children are now doing back-breaking work on farms.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet got rare access to the fields of Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, where more and more children are now working.

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Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent for the BBC.

This segment aired on September 25, 2013.