Syrian Refugees Challenges

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After reading the article shattered lives I found that Dania has gone through a lot of challenges as a refugee in another country. In Syria there was a terrible war going on and Dania and her family were in the middle of it. I summer her parents decided to flee from the country. This means they would be refugees in a “haven” in Lebanon. In lebron it was like Dania and her family were strangers in this new country and were struggling to survive. Some of the challenges she has to face are dire conditions, places to live, education, and dangerous diseases.

Once Dania and her family got to Lebanon the first challenge they faced was finding a home. Lebanon does not have a lot of places for refugees to live. In the section “Dire Conditions”

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