"Advanced Sweatshop Turkey" Child labor and Syrian refugees children their plight exposed

"Advanced Sweatshop Turkey" Child labor and Syrian refugees children their plight exposed. By David Lepesca.

The size of a much younger boy, the 14 year old wears a black apron over a red-and-white checked shirt, blue jeans and plastic sandals. Over more than an hour of conversation, his expressions range from exhaustion, to concern, to concentration.

For his nearly 90 hours of weekly labour he earns 25 Turkish lira, or about $0.12 an hour. Sweatshop workers in Bangladesh earn about two dollars a day. In China they make more than four. Zain takes home about a dollar and a half.

“I asked my parents,” he says, “and they told me, according to our situation, the pay is good.” Read their full story here.