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Stay or go: Palestinians in Lebanon plunged into poverty

People walk under a poster of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Arsan al-Habet, right, a former commander with Fatah group, at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Lebanon's historic economic meltdown is hard hitting Palestinian refugees in the small nation where the vast majority of them now live in poverty while others risk their lives in search for a better future abroad, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A general view of the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Lebanon's historic economic meltdown is hard hitting Palestinian refugees in the small nation where the vast majority of them now live in poverty while others risk their lives in search for a better future abroad, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) People walk on a street at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Lebanon's historic economic meltdown is hard hitting Palestinian refugees in the small nation where the vast majority of them now live in poverty while others risk their lives in search for a better future abroad, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Hoda Samra, UNRWA's public information officer in Lebanon, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the U.N. relief agency, UNRWA, headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Samra said the figures are alarming. The situation is indeed a catastrophe, if we may say. The refugees have hit rock bottom in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Palestinians speak as they sit next to a poster of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Lebanon's historic economic meltdown is hard hitting Palestinian refugees in the small nation where the vast majority of them now live in poverty while others risk their lives in search for a better future abroad, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Palestinian is seen through electricity cables as she stands on her balcony, at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Lebanon's historic economic meltdown is hard hitting Palestinian refugees in the small nation where the vast majority of them now live in poverty while others risk their lives in search for a better future abroad, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) People walk at the entrance of Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Lebanon's historic economic meltdown is hard hitting Palestinian refugees in the small nation where the vast majority of them now live in poverty while others risk their lives in search for a better future abroad, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A torn Palestinian flag flutters at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Lebanon's historic economic meltdown is hard hitting Palestinian refugees in the small nation where the vast majority of them now live in poverty while others risk their lives in search for a better future abroad, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Palestinian refugee Nasser Tabarani rearranges vegetables on display for sale under a portrait of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Lebanon's historic economic meltdown is hard hitting Palestinian refugees in the small nation where the vast majority of them now live in poverty while others risk their lives in search for a better future abroad, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)