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Syrian refugees are about 20% of the Lebanese population, so they're the bulk of the low-paid, low-skill labor force. (Low-skill not necessarily because they do
by azernik 6y ago
Syrian refugees are about 20% of the Lebanese population, so they're the bulk of the low-paid, low-skill labor force. (Low-skill not necessarily because they don't have any skills, but because the skills they have don't match what the Lebanese economy demands.)
Mentioning that they're Syrian is a shorthand for "they did it on the cheap".
- avh02 6y agoThis was kind of the case before the Syrian civil war though. "Unskilled" Labourers from Syria would work the week in Lebanon, live in miserable, cramped conditions, then go home for the weekend. Rinse/Repeat. The earning power was simply different - and a Lebanese would rarely do it for the rates those jobs ended up paying because of the abundance of Syrians who were willing to do it in Lebanon.