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Unemployment rising, 55% of Lebanese people in poverty

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28-03-2021 | 13:24

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The workforce in Lebanon amounts to one million and 350 thousand people.

480 thousand people are unemployed, and this number is rising every day, because companies or institutions are closing on a daily basis.

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