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00:00 "If you are not a good person, you will make a permit to work here.
00:04 Now, there are no more jobs in the place."
00:06 Ahmed has been informed by the local police that he must leave his workplace.
00:10 Without a valid residency permit, this cashier faces deportation back to Syria.
00:15 "I've been renewing my residency permit for years.
00:20 I submit my documents to the social security office before heading to the general security
00:24 directorate to file my application.
00:26 Today, the administration is on strike, there's nothing I can do about it."
00:32 Security sources indicate that over 1.5 million Syrian nationals are undocumented or do not
00:37 possess proper paperwork.
00:40 "People with a residency permit are welcome in our community.
00:45 Those whose documents are not in order must sort out their situation within a month and
00:50 undocumented refugees must leave within a week."
00:55 The presence of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, amounting to about a quarter of the total
00:59 population, represents a significant demographic, economic and social upheaval.
01:04 Salma lives in this eastern district of the capital.
01:07 Like many other Lebanese, she no longer hides her frustration.
01:10 "Life has become hell.
01:12 The country is overrun by Syrians.
01:14 Soon, Lebanon will belong to them and the Lebanese will be foreigners in their own country."
01:19 "We no longer own anything in this country.
01:21 History is repeating itself but with different actors.
01:23 Before they were Palestinians, today they're Syrians."
01:25 "There's a guy behind me."
01:27 "Go ahead."
01:29 "Stand by me.
01:46 Stand by me.
01:48 What happened?
01:50 What happened?"
01:52 "Nothing, nothing.
01:54 I told you, I didn't follow you."
01:56 "It's good that we're close.
01:58 Let's go and get back to the car."
02:00 To compensate for the lack of security provided by the authorities, residents of some localities
02:05 have formed neighborhood watch groups.
02:08 "We find ourselves forced to be on the streets to assist the security forces and the state,
02:15 which is absent in some regions.
02:16 We want security and stability in our neighborhoods, at home and at work."
02:21 The rise in crimes committed by Syrian refugees has triggered a wave of hostility against
02:29 them.
02:30 At least two Syrians have been killed and several others injured since the beginning
02:34 of the year.