Refugee Problems in Beqaa Valley

Refugee Problems in
Beqaa Valley

Introduction
 Refugee problem is a great socio-political problem faced by many people in
Beqaa Valley and many other countries.
 A refugee is a person who is forced to move from his country of birth or flee
due to violence, war and persecution.
 The well-founded fear for a refugee comes from persecutions of race,
political opinion, and religion, membership of a particular group or nationality
(Ammar, et al,2016)..
 Refugees cannot turn to their homes or go back to their fear of persecutions.
 Ethnic wars, religious and tribal violence are the leading refugee’s causes in
most countries.
 Two-thirds of worldwide refugees comes from Lebanon Somalia, South
Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar.

Beqqa Valley

Short History and Background
 As earlier stated, the main cause of refugee problems is due to civil wars, economic
hardships, human rights violations, and environmental and climate hardships in Beqaa
Valley.
 Over the last seven years, the war in Syria has ravaged most of the country and torn it into
a war zone.
 More than 350,000 people are living in makeshift camps in Northern Bekaa a very harsh but
fertile valley at the border of Syria.
 Most of the places are privately owned and the people provide cheap labor in olive farms of
private individual to support their families (Holmes, & Castañeda, 2016)..
 Young children as little as 10 years work in this farms to support their families.
 Charity organizations such as GVC with the help of EU government help to support these
people with shelter, sanitations and drinking water.
 The history has continued for years to but the proliferation of political and religious unrest
around the world has led to increase in the number of refugees especially in Africa, Asia and
the Middle East.