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Photo feature: Death by neglect

The Bourj el-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in the Lebanese capital Beirut James Haines-Young/IRIN
The Bourj el-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in the Lebanese capital Beirut

Palestinians in the Bourj el-Barajneh camp are regularly killed by loose electric cables. Nothing is ever done about it. Understanding why goes to the heart of the problems hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon face.

Click here for IRIN's photo feature on the topic. 

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