Life of Young Syrians Post-Conflict

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Access to services and the main challenges Currently, access and use of different services among young Syrians vary significantly depending on their country of residence and type of services trying to be accessed. Thus, in Syria, four in five young persons (80%) indicated that they have access to education, however only one in five indicate this for employment assistance (21%) or cash assistance (23%) too. Situation in Lebanon is even worse, where only half (53%) have access to education and less than half of them use these services (45%); this is far less than persons in Syria (94%). In Syria, electricity is indicated by nearly seven in ten young people as the top resource they currently have most difficulty accessing. On the other hand, more than half of Syrians in Lebanon lack food and financial means. At the same time, it seems that Syrians in Germany are the least deprived of these three groups - six in ten indicated that there are no resources which they currently lack, compared to none in Lebanon and only one in five in Syria. Findings further indicate that Syrians in Germany have better access to all resources and services compared to Syrians living in Syria and Lebanon and also use them personally to a much higher extent. Furthermore, young Syrians in Syria and Lebanon much more often than Syrians in Germany highlighted that they wanted to access to a variety of resources and services but were not able to. In all three countries, the most common aspect people need help with is information and access to employment. In Germany, however, a significant majority (56%) indicate that they need help accessing psychological support while in Lebanon humanitarian support is indicated by almost half (49%). Young people in Syria indicate finding an adequate job (27%), having enough money to live (21%), and getting a good education (16%) are their greatest challenges they are currently facing. Over half of young Syrians in Lebanon (54%) indicate not having enough money to live whereas one in four young Syrians in Germany indicate language difficulties and not being able to get a good education. Ipsos

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