Scholarships pledged to save 'lost generation'

Until recently, Syrian refugee Eyad Zoulghena only had bad options.

The 22-year-old, forced to quit law school when he fled his homeland in 2012, could choose to keep working in a supermarket in Jordan to feed his parents and four siblings, effectively putting his future on hold could risk a dangerous sea journey to seek his luck in Europe, or he could return to war-ravaged Syria.

Now a new opportunity has opened up for Zoulghena - European Union-funded college scholarships for displaced Syrians in Jordan. The pilot program includes 270 such grants now, with a promise of hundreds more in the coming months.