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How Lebanon is coping with more than a million refugees

How Lebanon is coping with more than a million Syrian refugees

05/22/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

How Lebanon is coping with more than a million refugees

Clip: 5/22/2016 | 9m 47s

How Lebanon is coping with more than a million Syrian refugees

Syria's 5-year-long civil war has killed more than 400,000 people and displaced eleven million more, 5 million of whom have become refugees. But as people flee the humanitarian crisis to places like Europe and Turkey, tiny Lebanon holds the distinction of hosting the most refugees per capita of any country in the world. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Christopher Livesay reports.

05/22/2016 | Rating NR

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