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  • Essay / Syrian immigrants in Lebanon - 1372

    In the early 1990s, when the civil war ended in Lebanon, most of the buildings and streets were completely deteriorated. Thousands of people were left homeless and thousands lost their jobs. Some preferred to stay in Lebanon and others emigrated to other countries to seek and build a new life. Surprisingly, the Syrians of Lebanon were the main force that led to the renovation of Lebanon. Subsequently, the families of these Syrian workers began to migrate and concentrate mainly in Beirut. Today, the increase in the number of Syrian immigrants has been very visible when the civil war began and continues in Syria. “The presence of Syrian workers in Lebanon had become the subject of great controversy” (Chalcraft, 2005). Syrians are now subject to competition on different levels with Lebanese citizens. However, the negative aspects have been overwhelmed by the positive aspects, whether from a social or economic point of view. Generally, when the number of Syrian refugees increases, the country's population also increases. And these people are concentrated where they could find a job or reside to live in safety, far from the war raging in their country. Title: Graph showing the distribution of Syrian refugees in the Middle East. (El-Khatib et al. Conflict and Health 2013)As the chart below shows, at the end of May 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the bulk of Syrian immigrants headed, unsurprisingly , towards its closest country, Lebanon. . Lebanon's estimated population is 4.2 million, making Syrian refugees 7% of its population. However, on August 31, 2013, another investigation reveals that Lebanon, middle of paper, provides refugees and workers, and could be isolated if the government takes crucial steps to build new health and health systems. educational establishments. Syrian immigrants are and will always be a labor force economically and socially, being the building blocks of the Lebanese infrastructure, strengthening Arab interdependence and the main reason for Lebanese social diversity, which is one of the ways most important a country can be recognized by the rest of the world. Works cited Specters and disciplined goods Syrian migrant workers in Lebanon-John Chalcraft, 2005. Syrian refugees, between difficult crisis in Syria and harsh inaccessibility to health services in Lebanon and Jordan Ziad El-Khatib 2013Correspondance764 www.thelancet.com Flight 382 August 31, 2013Crisis in Lebanon: Syrian refugee camps?Jeremy Loveless 2013Socio,….