LATTERLY MAGAZINE (6/11/2016)
Life for Syrian refugees in Turkey is especially hard for children. Forced to leave their homes, interrupt their studies and adapt to difficult conditions of instability and vulnerability in a foreign country, Syrian children are forced to grow up too quickly.
Children as young as twelve work twelve hours a day, six days a week, to earn a salary far below the Turkish minimum wage, needed to help their families make ends meet.
“I work on a sewing machine for ten and a half hours a day, six days a week. My mother was a teacher in Syria and I was a very hard-working student. I really miss school but now I have to work. My father is in Germany, my family is still waiting to be able to join him. When I get there I hope to continue my studies. I want to be a doctor.”
Ahmed, 14 years old
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