"Talk Straight", aired by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation on November 2, said the children were Syrian and Iraqi refugees, and, citing witness reports, alleged that the practice was widespread in other schools.
Lebanon, a tiny Arab Mediterranean nation of four million, is struggling to cope with millions of Syrian, Iraqi and Palestinian refugees.
However, there have been repeated complaints of systematic racism in the country targeting refugees and foreign domestic workers.
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