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Migrants in Lebanon displaced as Mideast conflict escalates

Season 2026 Episode 59 | 6m 05s

Among the nearly one million people displaced in Lebanon are some of the roughly 170,000 migrant workers not counted by the government. Many came to Lebanon fleeing wars in their homelands or simply looking for a better life. Now, conflict again plagues them in their new home. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports from Beirut.

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