Migrant workers face hardship in Lebanon
The lives of migrant worker in Lebanon are faced with daily hardship given the low wages. Living spaces are usually small, claustrophobic rooms housing whole families, some live in even worse make-shift dwellings. Photos taken May 2009 - July 2011.
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Instead of paying extra to rent rooms for their workers, local contractors will have the men live in the very buildings they are constructing. Makeshift tents are made at the very beginning of the construction phase before any rooms are built.
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- id:1146864
- date:16 May 2011
- dimensions:17.87 x 11.87 in. (5360 x 3560 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:57.21 MB
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The lives of migrant worker in Lebanon are faced with daily hardship given the low wages. Living spaces are usually small, claustrophobic rooms housing whole families, some live in even worse make-shift dwellings. Photos taken May 2009 - July 2011.
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- id:1146864
- date:16 May 2011
- dimensions:17.87 x 11.87 in. (5360 x 3560 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:57.21 MB
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