A U.N. survey of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan finds many Syrian children living alone or separated from their parents, most receiving no education, and many involved in illegal labor.
There are now more than 1.1 million Syrian refugee children, most living in neighboring countries:
UNHCR
More than 70,000 Syrian refugee families live without fathers.
A young mother crosses the border from Syria and becomes a refugee. She carries her 1-month-old son, Hamid. “Since he was born there has been nonstop bombing every day.”
UNHCR / S. Rich
There are 3,700 refugee children who are either unaccompanied by or separated from both parents.
Syrian refugee children line up for work in Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. UNICEF estimates that 1 in 10 refugee children in the region is engaged in child labor.
UNHCR / G. Beals
In Jordan, nearly one in two refugee households surveyed relied partly or entirely on income generated by a child.
Mahmoud, 15, hasn’t been to school for nearly three years. His salary of $60 a month from a Lebanese fish factory helps to pay the rent for the underground storage room his family lives in.
UNHCR / S. Baldwin
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