Many of these people probably led a Middle Class life in Syria so the circumstances they find themselves in are shocking, the same as it would be for any of us finding ourselves in their situation.,
Running out of resources, Syrian refugees fall further into poverty, debt: report
BY ALEX WHITING
Migrants walk in the night along the highway towards the border with Austria, some 22 km of Budapest, Hungary, September 4, 2015.
REUTERS/LASZLO BALOGH
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More Syrian refugees in the Middle East are falling into debt and facing poverty, partly as a result of exhausting their savings with shortages of essential aid worsening their plight, U.N. agencies and local governments said on Tuesday.
Some 70 percent of refugees in Lebanon are living below the poverty line, compared with 50 percent in 2014, according to the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan mid-year review, carried out by U.N. agencies, local governments and aid groups.
In Jordan, 90 percent of registered Syrian refugees in urban areas have fallen below the national poverty line, while more than 67 percent of families are living in debt.
Families have been forced to cut out meals, spend less on healthcare, borrow money, and pull children out of school and send them to work, the report said.
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Running out of resources, Syrian refugees fall further into poverty, debt: report
Running out of resources, Syrian refugees fall further into poverty, debt: report
BY ALEX WHITING
Migrants walk in the night along the highway towards the border with Austria, some 22 km of Budapest, Hungary, September 4, 2015.
REUTERS/LASZLO BALOGH
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More Syrian refugees in the Middle East are falling into debt and facing poverty, partly as a result of exhausting their savings with shortages of essential aid worsening their plight, U.N. agencies and local governments said on Tuesday.
Some 70 percent of refugees in Lebanon are living below the poverty line, compared with 50 percent in 2014, according to the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan mid-year review, carried out by U.N. agencies, local governments and aid groups.
In Jordan, 90 percent of registered Syrian refugees in urban areas have fallen below the national poverty line, while more than 67 percent of families are living in debt.
Families have been forced to cut out meals, spend less on healthcare, borrow money, and pull children out of school and send them to work, the report said.
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Running out of resources, Syrian refugees fall further into poverty, debt: report
