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CBRL is a learned society working with the countries, peoples and societies of the Levant to advance public education through promoting and disseminating research in the humanities, social sciences and related subjects. CBRL is a non-profit organisation. Comments and queries are welcome to: info@cbrl.ac.uk

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Lebanon Can't Give Him A Future | Philip Proudfoot | 14 November 2016 16.11.2016 58:03

Lebanon has long maintained a significant population of Syrian migrant workers. Men undertook largely seasonal work with extended periods of wage labour abroad. However, there was little evidence of permanent settlement and few signs that a second-generation of Syrians were making homes across the border. In 2011, when the first rumbling of uprising began to break, a number of migrant workers retu...