Syrian refugees trigger child labour boom in Turkey

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/sep/02/syria-refugees-child-labour-turkey

Turkey

Almost 900,000 children are estimated to be working in Turkey, around 300,000 of them between the ages of six and 14, according to official figures. The legal working age is 15. Children working on the streets are not included in these statistics, for example – children selling water, tissues or those who are begging.

As refugees from Syria do not receive work permits in Turkey, underage Syrian workers are not being recorded at all. It makes them extremely vulnerable to abuse.
Syrian women and children are probably amongst the most vulnerable groups in Turkey right now

 

Hassan, a 13-year-old from the southern Syrian town of Deraa, at work in Kilis on the Turkish-Syrian border, where many refugee children have had to become breadwinners for their families. Photograph: Murad Sezer /REUTERS