[One day] they went to the dentist, and the next day they were buried in the garden."
                                          -The Umm-Zayn Family

Our life is just routine... there are no friends, there is nothing.”
                                          -The Abu-Kareem Family

We stay in the house. We go get groceries, and only that."
                                       -The Umm-Jamal Family

We want to tell our story, because if we don’t survive, our story will be out there.”
                                            -The Abu-Nour Family

[Leaving] was hard. We felt like we were suffocating.”
                                            -The Umm-Yaser Family

What is Beirut like?

High costs associated with urban and peri-urban life are sliding already vulnerable persons towards increasing vulnerability: rental fees are 45 per cent higher in these governorates than in other areas; average household debt is nearly 40 per cent higher than the rest of the country; and household dependency on food vouchers as the primary livelihood source more than tripled from 11 per cent to 35 per cent--a worrying trend illustrating increasing food vulnerability.

Major protection issues for refugees in Beirut include insecurity of tenure and the risk of eviction, and the lack of legal residency to remain. Humanitarian issues of note include endemic child labour and begging, increasing number of refugees renting shelter and accordant rising costs. Politically, Beirut has remained relatively stable, yet the threat of attack or instability as a result of spill-over from the conflict in Syria persists.
(Source: UNOCHA, 2016)

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