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Lebanon's Kafala System Shuts Out Migrant Children
Lebanon is home to more than 165,000 migrant workers, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 70% of whom are women. Hailing primarily from Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Sudan, the Philippines