Lebanon a hostile refuge for Palestinians fleeing war in Syria
Burj al-Shemali refugee camp 9 January 2015
Palestinian refugees from Syria face increased restrictions. Read more about Lebanon a hostile refuge for Palestinians fleeing war in Syria
Burj al-Shemali refugee camp 9 January 2015
Palestinian refugees from Syria face increased restrictions. Read more about Lebanon a hostile refuge for Palestinians fleeing war in Syria
Burj al-Shemali refugee camp 19 October 2008
Burj al-Shemali is located at the edge of Tyre and was established in the early 1950s after Zionist forces expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland. Today some 20,000 people live in the quiet, but fenced-in Burj al-Shemali Camp. More than two-thirds of its labor force work at least part-time in agriculture. Ray Smith writes from southern Lebanon. Read more about Picking oranges the Palestinian way