UN: Syria refugee children working, missing school

UN: Syria refugee children working, missing school

BEIRUT (AP) — A growing number of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan are fast becoming primary providers for families who lack resources for basic survival, the United Nations refugee agency said in a report today. With the Syrian conflict in its third year, the 61-page report by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees highlights the plight of the children, who are growing up in fractured families, missing out on education and increasingly going out to work to help support extended families in exile.