“Why do I have to leave my country to get my rights? I don’t want to leave, I want my rights to be guaranteed here so that I don’t have to travel, so that I can stay with my parents and friends.”

What strikes us most in the interviews we conducted these past days (more to come, so stay tuned), is that all the young people we interviewed expressed the will to stay and live in Lebanon. But many said that the cost of living and the lack of work opportunities made it hard for them to stay.