In March 2017 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador David Morrissey travelled to Lebanon to visit Syrian refugees and learn about UNHCR's work on the ground. Images of some of the families David met can be viewed below.
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David is shown here in an informal settlement in the Bekaa Valley, not far from the Syrian border © UNHCR/Paul Wu
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David meets Syrian refugees Talal Khaled Marwan (aged 32, right, his wife Maha (26, left) and their son Hisham. Originally from Homs, they have been in Lebanon for five years since fleeing bombings in Syria. Talal has been working as a carpenter in Lebanon but is hoping for a new start and opportunities as the family are being resettled to the UK. Both Talal and Maha's mothers came from Syria to say their final goodbyes to the family. © UNHCR/Paul Wu
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David meets Syrian refugees Talal Khaled Marwan (aged 32, left), his wife Maha (26, not pictured) and their son Hisham. Originally from Homs, they have been in Lebanon for five years since fleeing bombings in Syria. Talal has been working as a carpenter in Lebanon but is hoping for a new start and opportunities as the family are being resettled to the UK. Both Talal and Maha's mothers came from Syria to say their final goodbyes to the family. © UNHCR/Paul Wu.
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David meets Syrian refugees Jamal Ahmad Al Khaled, his wife Hiba and their two daughters Lamis (aged 5) and Aseel (aged 2.5) in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Jamal has been working as an agricultural worker since the family fled the Syrian conflict nearly four years ago. The family is being resettled to the UK. © UNHCR/Paul Wu
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Syrian refugees Jamal, Hiba's and their children are shown here packing their belongings ahead of their scheduled resettlement to the UK in March 2017. © UNHCR/Paul Wu
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David stands with Hiba and her daughters Lamis (aged 5) and Aseel (aged 2.5) outside their makeshift dwelling in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. © UNHCR/Paul Wu
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David learns about the experiences of a family of Syrian refugees in their makeshift shelter in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. © UNHCR/Paul Wu