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Syrian child refugees work to support their families

Clip: 12/8/2014 | 4m 3s

Special correspondent Marcia Biggs profiles two young girls.

A million children have been forced to flee Syria’s civil war. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs profiles two young girls, 12-year-old Iman and 14-year-old Bushra, best friends who must work in the fields to support their families now living in Lebanon. But they are the lucky ones: A local organization has set up a school with afternoon shifts for working children.

12/08/2014 | Rating NR

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