Syrian children of the scrapyard: This is wrong on so many levels

Paul O’Mahony writes from Lebanon about the challenge of dealing with the mental scars of war and having refugee status, especially on children

STANDING in a scrap-metal yard in northern Lebanon that doubles as tented settlement for Syrian families who these days are called “refugees”, two children before me play with a discarded microwave and bits of rusted iron.

These are the only “toys” they have.