Today is International Migrants’ Day but who is a migrant?
In Brussels, your neighbor is probably a migrant —someone who has left where they were born and has resettled elsewhere—as
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Lebanon
Student or Wife? Refugee girls fight for education in Lebanon
“More than anything, she wanted to return to school, but instead she was expected to get married, to take care
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The Story of a Refugee-Child Bride’s Unborn Baby
The baby of a child bride bears many hardships, even before birth. Not only is it physically more difficult for
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Spreading hope in Brussels with music: the universal language
Music, dancing and breaking barriers. Last Sunday’s SB Espoir activity brought together all these elements to the youth at the
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ULB students send messages of hope to refugees in Lebanon
Last Tuesday, the students of ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles, had a career open day inviting a number of companies
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Just Married – Stories of Child Marriage in Syrian Refugee Camps
What do you think of when you hear the phrase ‘Just Married’? For me, its spontaneous declarations of love brought
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Women in Brussels empowering women in Lebanon
Back in March, Federica Mastroforti wrote her first article in Brussels Express about the Belgian humanitarian organisation SB OverSeas and
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A letter to my mother: the journey of a Syrian man
We have all heard the numbers. Statistics and statements. That this is the greatest refugee crisis of our time. Millions
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A Lost Childhood – Syrian refugees in Lebanon
In Lebanon, there are over 1 million Syrian refugees. There are a number of barriers faced by these people, including maintaining legal status, access to education, work and
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Child Marriage in Lebanon: A Child Separated From Her Child
The ongoing Syrian conflict has generated the largest refugee crisis in recent history and forced over 5.5 million Syrians to
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