Published : 14-10-2017
The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights called on the Lebanese authorities to stop restricting the right of refugees to work, as this causes forced labor of children, leading them to drop out of school.
In a report issued by the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory, located in Geneva, on October 4th under the title “Small Hands… Enormous Obligations,” it warned of the aggravating conditions of the working Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and their suffering from a series of violations requiring a quick intervention from the Lebanese authorities as well as making adjustments to the related laws.
The report, which highlighted the phenomenon of child labor among the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, showed that 60-70% of children coming from Syria are forced to work in Lebanon and that 85% of them have been exposed to the worst types of child labor.
The Observatory noted that not allowing refugees in Lebanon to work places children under difficult circumstances, where they either work illegally, which harms both workers and the labor market, or they become beggars, which hurts them emotionally and opposes their right to a decent life.
The Observatory also stressed on the need for the Lebanese authorities to facilitate the lives of all refugees (Palestinians and Syrians) through full waiver of residence fees, which is one of their rights, especially as this would reduce the number of illegal refugees on its territory.
The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory called on United Nations and world organizations to provide adequate support to meet the needs of the refugees and asylum seekers in Lebanon and the intensification of education support projects and the expansion of schools, as well as the establishment of special economic projects for refugees and asylum seekers to assist them financially and support them in overcoming the restrictions imposed on their work.
The Observatory also called upon the Lebanese authorities to increase their contribution to the elimination of various obstacles to the enrollment of children refugees in schools and to make more efforts to provide specialized schools for refugee education, especially with the existence of an educational difference between the system in the refugee countries and Lebanon. In addition, taking the existing evening schools a model to build on and strengthen.
The Lebanese government is treating the 31 thousand Palestinian and Syrian refugees on its territory as tourists, while the government, especially the Lebanese public security, is witnessing volatile policies towards the Palestinian refugees displaced from Syria, as well as banning displaced Palestinian refugees from working on its territory.
The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights called on the Lebanese authorities to stop restricting the right of refugees to work, as this causes forced labor of children, leading them to drop out of school.
In a report issued by the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory, located in Geneva, on October 4th under the title “Small Hands… Enormous Obligations,” it warned of the aggravating conditions of the working Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and their suffering from a series of violations requiring a quick intervention from the Lebanese authorities as well as making adjustments to the related laws.
The report, which highlighted the phenomenon of child labor among the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, showed that 60-70% of children coming from Syria are forced to work in Lebanon and that 85% of them have been exposed to the worst types of child labor.
The Observatory noted that not allowing refugees in Lebanon to work places children under difficult circumstances, where they either work illegally, which harms both workers and the labor market, or they become beggars, which hurts them emotionally and opposes their right to a decent life.
The Observatory also stressed on the need for the Lebanese authorities to facilitate the lives of all refugees (Palestinians and Syrians) through full waiver of residence fees, which is one of their rights, especially as this would reduce the number of illegal refugees on its territory.
The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory called on United Nations and world organizations to provide adequate support to meet the needs of the refugees and asylum seekers in Lebanon and the intensification of education support projects and the expansion of schools, as well as the establishment of special economic projects for refugees and asylum seekers to assist them financially and support them in overcoming the restrictions imposed on their work.
The Observatory also called upon the Lebanese authorities to increase their contribution to the elimination of various obstacles to the enrollment of children refugees in schools and to make more efforts to provide specialized schools for refugee education, especially with the existence of an educational difference between the system in the refugee countries and Lebanon. In addition, taking the existing evening schools a model to build on and strengthen.
The Lebanese government is treating the 31 thousand Palestinian and Syrian refugees on its territory as tourists, while the government, especially the Lebanese public security, is witnessing volatile policies towards the Palestinian refugees displaced from Syria, as well as banning displaced Palestinian refugees from working on its territory.
